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Marx The Philosopher Thought

Richard Marshall | 3AM | 26th April 2018
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Peter Singer explains his view that Karl Marx was a better philosopher than he was an economist. “Marx saw that collectively we do not control our own destiny. Individually, we make choices that advance our own interests, but the collective effect is to bring about outcomes no one wants and which make us all worse off. The fact that Marx’s solution to this problem is mistaken does not mean that the problem isn’t real, or that we should not seek a better future in which we overcome it” (2,800 words)

The Doting Father Who Robbed Armoured Cars World

Skip Hollandsworth | Texas Monthly | 26th April 2018
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True crime from Texas. “Redrick Batiste seemed to be an ordinary young man leading an ordinary life. Shadowing him around Houston in their unmarked cars, however, FBI agents weren’t convinced that Batiste was all he appeared to be. They had begun to suspect that he was leading a secret life. Red Batiste, they believed, was the leader of an armored car robbery ring, one of the most daring and diabolical the FBI had ever encountered”. Spoiler: They were right (7,600 words)

From Game Of Thrones To The Crown People Pick of the day

Sophie Elmhirst | Guardian | 26th April 2018
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Profile of Nina Gold, casting director. “Done right, casting is an invisible act. The choice of an actor should seem obvious in retrospect. No one but Eddie Redmayne could have played Stephen Hawking. No one but Claire Foy could have played the young Queen. Casting directors never have the final say on who gets what part – that goes to the showrunner in television, the director and producers in film. Their art involves delicate persuasion, applying pressure without appearing to do so” (6,200 words)

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Freud is the father of psychoanalysis. It has no mother

Germaine Greer
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