Sunday Reads...

​An irregular round up of interesting reads.  Most of these made me go "hmmmmm," none of them imply concurrence:

• What better place to start than with some substantial book porn, here (and above). 
• The data gets more clear: WFH (work from home) employees are less productive.  More here. Yet, WFH boosts golf rounds played mid-week.  Four! 
• Keeping in mind the difference between correlation and causation, charting the delta in mental health and partisan viewpoints, here. 
• Charting the timeline on the forthcoming government Central Bank Currency, here.
• More claims spreading from the Wuhan, China lab.   
• Six states that are driving the US economy (and they are not California nor Michigan), here. 
• The health benefits of vacations appear to outlive the time-off, here. 
• America is moving (south). 
• Is Autism a death sentence in the Netherlands? 
• Voters seem to want business leaders to focus on goods-and-services and leave the politics and cultural issues to the public square, here and here. 
• After 80+ years, big government's "War on Poverty," found a failure. 
• Ouch. The military recruiting crisis is real - in unrelated news, celebrations break out in China, Iran and Russia.
• The inherit paradox of uncharitable charity studied here. 
• Culturing the "waste of time" meetings here.
• Research suggests that policy makers are slow to adjust their beliefs in the face of negative outcomes.  Reality “bites” as they say. 
• When governments hike taxes, work safety is jeopardized.  One more reason to resist the taxman.  
• The value of reading at young(er) ages, has a likely profound return.
•  Democrat Governors fail their states when it comes to firm sight selection.
• How the existing Electoral College helps protect against partisan election fraud.
• “Fake news” found to have nearly no impact on voter turnout.  A counterfactual for some for sure.  
•  Irrational exuberance: Tracking the rise of Zombie Firms.
• The harm of fads – also known as the danger of groupthink virtue signaling – as exampled by the paper straw craze. 
• Who could have guessed?  The more you know, the less anxious you are about climate “change.” 
• Ugh. Chill people!  30 million Americans support violence to stop the will of the people.​
• Family well-being fueled by gratitude, not government hand-outs.
• Election clerks seen as largely nonpartisan as they execute partisan nominated offices.
• Interesting data on the role authoritarianism plays amongst Democrat primary voters.
• Clergy and congregation political alignment surveyed.
• How to handle a pandemic?  Apparently, the best outcomes come from following the “science,” not just what a group think bunch of bureaucrats dictate.  Or simply:  Follow Sweden.  The evidence is in, the data is clear, better education, economic and health outcomes - here.