Useful and/or intriguing ideas we’ve come across this week, plus the occasional worthwhile distraction. The enormous costs of joblessness The Atlantic‘s Don Peck lays out the likely consequences of sustained unemployment on the prospects of the generation currently entering (or failing to enter) the workforce, inner city neighborhoods, politics, marriages and child-rearing arrangements — in […]

An overwhelming majority of employees say that it’s at least “somewhat important” that their employers offer green programs. So why do so many fail to participate in them? People are far more likely to take environmentally responsible actions at home than at the office. According to a recent survey by Harris Interactive and Ranstad USA, […]

There are both advantages and challenges of specialized children's hospitals. For one, patient outcomes are better because pediatric medicine attracts...