Weekend Reading - 12/2

Drilling Reawakens Sleeping Faults in Texas, Leads to Earthquakes

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/drilling-reawakens-sleeping-faults-in-texas-leads-to-earthquakes/

What’s in New Zealand’s water?

https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2017/12/economist-explains

Fractions: Where It All Goes Wrong

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fractions-where-it-all-goes-wrong/

The Need for Vocational Training

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/12/do-employers-overestimate-the-value-of-a-college-degree/547343/

The US Is Exporting Obesity

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/america-exports-obesity-epidemic-by-kenneth-rogoff-2017-12

Japan Wants Immigrants. The Feeling Isn't Mutual.

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-11-30/japan-wants-immigrants-the-feeling-isn-t-mutual

When Elites Get a Taste of Their Own Medicine

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/opinion/saudi-prince-elites-corruption.html

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince wants to reengineer his country. Is that even possible?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/saudi-arabias-crown-prince-wants-to-reengineer-his-country-is-that-even-possible/2017/11/30/514c8e94-d4bd-11e7-95bf-df7c19270879_story.html

China’s Hinterland Poised for a Boom

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/business/china-rural-economy.html

Western Democracies Under Stress

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/world/europe/democracy-merkel-germany.html