Sunday assorted links

1. Using cell phone data to analyze unemployment.

2. Great architects defend ugly buildings (p.s. I like most of them).  And Singapore ghost towns (I like most of them).  And midtown Manhattan looks worse every year.

3. Russia and humiliation.

4. Under at least one specification, living near a Michelin-starred restaurant boosts real estate prices (FT).  Under at least one specification, legalized marijuana…

5. The cost of sharing human DNA.

6. More on Alice Goffman.