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Business
Business Breakdown: Why Are Wall Street Banks Coughing Up $26 Billion?
Yesterday, the government got Wall Street banks to pay $26 billion in penalties for screwing people over. Is it enough?
Environment
Sustainable Development Makes Housing Affordable
Rent isn’t the only variable that determines how affordable a particular home is. Access to transit and amenities like groceries matters, too.
Business
A Lesson from Greece: Time for an American Bail-In
If it’s good enough for the Greeks, it’s good enough for us.
Culture
Remember That Foreclosure Crisis? It's Still Going On
Rampant foreclosure was the big story of 2009, but now that banks are going through their backlog, it's not about to get better.
Culture
The Rules Of: Finding a Roommate
Eight steps to selecting a person to share a wall with.
Cities
Interactive Map Compares "Affordable" Housing in NYC Neighborhoods
Envisioning Development pairs design with data to give New York City's tenants a lesson in affordable housing.
Environment
Why Isn't It Easier to Build Small Houses?
This tiny house costs $700, takes up 215 square feet, and would likely be illegal to build in the United States.
Culture
Homeschool: How to Get Your Finances in Order
You can't control those reckless banks and free-borrowing governments, but you can get your own budget in order. Here's how.
Culture
Generation Rent: How Our American Dream Is Different from Our Parents'
Owning a home may be a pipe dream for millennials. Here's how members of Generation Rent differ from their parents.
Business
Why Is the Government Better at Helping Banks Than Homeowners?
The bailout money for homeowners just isn't being spent — in part because of political fears.
Lifestyle
Davos Gets Underway with Requisite Soul-Searching by Globe's Movers and Shakers
Fixing the world's problems is on the agenda at this week's World Economic Forum in Davos. That and high-altitude hobnobbing.
Education
Los Angeles Unified Turns Watts High School Over to Charter Organizations
Jordan High School is set to be split into three campuses, and the school's 200 teachers will have to reapply for their jobs.
Design
Beijing Architect Lives in Egg on the Street
Dai Haifei decided to abandon the entire Chinese housing system and live in this self-constructed ovoid on the sidewalk.
Design
Jay Baldwin, Student of Buckminster Fuller, Designs Efficient Truck Bed Camper
We asked the inventor-illustrator Steven M. Johnson to find examples of products and ideas that move the world forward in creative ways.
Design
Four-star Living at Burning Man: The Dome
Why didn't Buckminster Fuller's dome-a brilliant innovation of design-ever take off?
Business
How the Average American Spends Its Money
This colorful chart breaks down the spending of America's "average consumer unit," a 2.5-person household making a combined $62,000.
Environment
America's Oldest "Net Zero" House
This 110-year-old Victorian home in Ann Arbor is America's oldest and Michigan's first Net Zero home.
Business
Housing Prices Must Fall, Yet Housing Prices Must Not Fall
Tyler Cowen wonders what happens if we let housing prices fall as "many smart people say we should." Arguably many banks would once again be...
