Weekend Readings – Interesting Items

HOW TO CALL B.S. ON BIG DATA: A PRACTICAL GUIDE by Michelle Nijhuis 

http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/how-to-call-bullshit-on-big-data-a-practical-guide

The Economist Pulls for Liberal Democrats in UK Elections

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21722855-leaders-both-main-parties-have-turned-away-decades-old-vision-open-liberal

Can Jeremy Corbyn Actually Win in UK?

http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/jeremy-corbyn-is-surging-by-using-bernie-sanderss-playbook

Eurozone’s Economic Outlook Brightens

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/eurozone-recovery-optimism-by-daniel-gros-2017-06

Europe Slowly Regains its Stature

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-europe-commentary-idUSKBN18Q23B

David Brooks on Trump’s Approach to Foreign Policy

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/02/opinion/donald-trump-poisons-the-world.html

Thomas Friedman on Trump’s Foreign Policy

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/opinion/trumps-united-american-emirate.html

Jeffrey Sachs on Fossil Fuel Industry Donations to American Political Campaigns

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-political-masters-koch-brothers-by-jeffrey-d-sachs-2017-05

India’s Big Bet on Renewables

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/02/world/asia/india-coal-green-energy-climate.html

The World’s Largest Solar Power Plant is in India

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-39963455/kamuthi-the-world-s-largest-solar-power-project

Jill Lepore on Dystopian Fiction

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/05/a-golden-age-for-dystopian-fiction