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December 2015

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December 31st
- Why the shape of inequality matters
December 30th
- The bad news about ISIS's defeat in Ramadi
December 29th
- 2015: The year in recalls
December 28th
- Star Wars and the new economics of movie making
December 25th
- The many faces of Santa
December 24th
- The unexpected social benefits of binge-watching TV by yourself
- 5 ways to understand Christmas on a deeper level
December 23rd
- The embarrassing truth about SpaceX
December 22nd
- Almost every language has a word for 'Christmas.' Few reference Christ.
December 21st
- America's oil export ban, explained
- 'Fairytale of New York': How a soused Irish punk band created the greatest Christmas song of all time
December 19th
- The oil glut
- The week's best financial advice
December 18th
- Martin Shkreli and how the ruling class loots its own
- Let's talk about the shocking twists of Star Wars: The Force Awakens
December 17th
- The Fed wants to raise interest rates. But can it?
- The sheer brilliance of Hallmark's corny Christmas movies
December 16th
- Republican debate 5: The establishment awakens
- Why don't betting markets believe in Donald Trump?
- This is a fight for the soul of the Fed
December 15th
- How fast can the world decarbonize?
- Can Ted Cruz topple Donald Trump in Tuesday's big GOP debate?
- Fargo season finale review: The never-ending story
December 14th
- Why the Paris climate agreement is a big, big deal
December 12th
- The week's best financial advice
- A coal baron's conviction
- The deadly threat of a solar superstorm
December 11th
- The American middle class is doing better than you think
December 9th
- The myth of Donald Trump, passing fad
- Why conservative pundits hate Donald Trump
December 8th
- Finland wants to institute a basic income for all the wrong reasons
- Fargo and the history of true crime in the Midwest
- The brilliance of Star Wars' marketing campaign: It's all about you
December 7th
- Why is no one talking about black women abused by police?
- The folly of the Fed's expected rate decision, in 1 graph
- What we know about gun violence may surprise you
December 5th
- The week's best financial advice
- The struggle inside Iran
December 4th
- Who gets to decide whether Han shot first?
December 3rd
- How U.S. government employees blew $150 million renting little palaces for themselves in Afghanistan
December 2nd
- Is America creeping toward another recession?
- The Unicorn Democrats
December 1st
- Fargo recap: It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world

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