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1. Releasing drug offenders won’t end mass incarceration.
By Oliver Roeder at FiveThirtyEight
2. Here’s the real solution to Greece’s woes. (Hint: It’s not crushing austerity measures.)
By James Surowiecki in the New Yorker
3. The “entrepreneur gene” is a myth.
By Aimee Groth in Quartz
4. To protect the brain health of our children, tackle poverty.
By Joan L. Luby in JAMA Pediatrics
5. Stop obsessing over why people become terrorists.
By Isabel Larroca in the Wilson Quarterly
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