Can Marriage Bring a Cure to Poverty?

Can Marriage Bring a Cure to Poverty?

By Annie Lowrey | Imagine a late-night television commercial aimed at Washington’s wonks: Tired of your same old tax credits and grant proposals? Ever dreamed of a policy tool that improved children’s health, bolstered income and eradicated poverty — all without...
Quantified Self: The Algorithm of Life

Quantified Self: The Algorithm of Life

By Josh Cohen | With January over, the spirit of self-improvement in which you began the year can start to evaporate. Except now your feeble excuses are under assault from a glut of “self-tracking” devices and apps. Your weakness for saturated fats and alcohol, your...