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 |  | |  | | View on the Web. |  | Wednesday, August 7, 2013 | |  |  | | WonkPM is your afternoon update of the latest posts on Wonkblog. WonkPM is a supplement to your morning Wonkbook newsletter. If you'd like to opt-out from receiving WonkPM, please click here. |  | | | I started working at The Washington Post on June 5, 2000. It was in the same building we work in now, but it was very much a different place. We were just on the cusp between one media age and … Continue reading → | | | | Wednesday afternoon, Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff did a half-an-hour question and answer session with President Obama on the housing plan he laid out Tuesday. The whole time, ZIllow’s logo played on the screen, giving the real estate listing Web site … Continue reading → | | | | Ever since the recession hit in 2007, Americans have been driving less and less. And, as we’ve discussed before, a big chunk of that decline has been due to the fact that kids these days don’t seem to drive as … Continue reading → | | | | Welcome to Health Reform Watch, Sarah Kliff's regular look at how the Affordable Care Act is changing the American health-care system — and being changed by it. You can reach Sarah with questions, comments and suggestions here. Check back every Monday, … Continue reading → | | | | Raghuram Rajan is the new leader of India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India. The respected University of Chicago economist will thus be guiding monetary policy for the world’s second most populous nation. He faces a seemingly impossible task: … Continue reading → | | | | Thank you Grist for providing this delightful mid-afternoon distraction. Live streaming video by Ustream | | | | Whenever you build a building, most states require you to obey thick books full of standards for all the specs that make it safe and sturdy. Those standards are developed by professional societies and trade associations, like ASTM International, whose … Continue reading → | | | | When it comes to ethanol, the United States appears to have reached its limit — at least for the time being. Back in 2007, Congress passed a law that would essentially require the nation to use more and more ethanol … Continue reading → | | | | A recent issue of National Geographic came with a stunning headline: “This Baby Will Live To Be 120.” Most Americans, it turns out, would not like to be the aforementioned baby. Pew Research on Tuesday released a survey that asked … Continue reading → | | | | The British economy has been basically stagnant for the past three years, failing to achieve the kind of moderate growth that the United States and Canada have managed. Now the Bank of England is looking to do something about it. … Continue reading → | | | | | |
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