Most Germans don’t buy their homes, they rent. Here’s why Matt Phillips FROM Quartz

Discovery of ancient tools in China suggests humans left Africa earlier than previously thought FROM Phys.org

Why Germans pay cash for almost everything by Matt Phillips FROM Quartz

"But the real point isn’t that Germans love cash. It’s that—for the same historical reasons—they loathe debt. (Armchair anthropologists have also long noted that German word for debt—Schulden—comes from the word for guilt, Schuld.)"

Modern Minds 3 Ways That City Living Is Linked with Psychological Illness by Kevin Bennett FROM Psychology Today

TED Talk: The Surprising Decline in Violence BY Steven Pinker

The Sokal affair by Ben Goldacre FROM The Guardian

Yellen battles congressman over Fed independence by Patrick Gillespie BY CNN

The ancient secret to ‘hacking’ the aging process BY Dr. Jason Fung, M.D. FROM Diet Doctor

China is in Trouble by Ronald-Peter Stöferle and Mark J. Valek FROM Mises Wire

AMLO, Mexico’s answer to Donald Trump FROM The Economist

Money Can Worsen Our Judgment by Making Us Too Confident, New Study Shows By Jessica WapnerFROM Newsweek

Why tipping in America is up for debate FROM The Economist by K.W.

Swiss voters reject campaign to radically alter banking system by John Revill FROM Reuters

TGIF: How an Anti-Semitic American Law Created the State of Israel and a Whole Lot of Trouble By Sheldon Richman FROM The Libertarian Institute

Welfare: Separating Fact from the Rhetoric FROM The Acton Institute

Eric Greitens Proves It Again: Politics Attracts Sociopaths by Matt Lewis FROM The Daily Beast

Here Are a Few Reasons Why Donald Trump Is Taking Aim at Amazon By David Z. Morris FROM Fortune

Teachers deserve more than appreciation by Fareed Zakaria FROM The Washington Post

Germany's beer purity law explained By Matthew Day FROM The Telegraph

Angela Lee Duckworth, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania