Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 7

1. In the wake of today’s terror attack on a French satire magazine, the words of its editor, who died in the attack, are worth recalling: “I am not going to hide.”

By Stefan Simons in Spiegel

2. Thrift — not merely saving money but keeping poverty and debt at bay — is an American value worth revisiting.

By Andrew L. Yarrow in the Montgomery Advertiser

3. The poorer parents are, the less likely they are to talk to their kids, which spurs language development. New programs are cropping up to change that.

By Margaret Talbot in the New Yorker

4. Once Uber overwhelms taxis and becomes the dominant car service, regulation is inevitable.

By Eric Posner in Slate

5. A program inviting Kyoto taxi drivers to loiter outside convenience stores at night has reduced robberies by almost half.

By Steven Le Blanc and Masami M. in RocketNews24

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