FiveBooks Newsletter 101

1 Jun 2012 • 3 min read

Links to all our original FiveBooks interviews of the week before, plus
a pick of the best content on The Browser.
[1]FiveBooks weekly newsletter: Links to all our original FiveBooks
interviews of the week before, plus a pick of the best content on The
Browser.
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com

FiveBooks at The Browser

This week on FiveBooks: [5]Anatole Kaletsky takes a long view of the
financial crisis, and tells us that we need a new kind of capitalism;
comedian [6]Lee Camp cracks funny about political satire; Baroness
[7]Tanni Grey-Thompson considers the sporting spirit; [8]Anne-Marie
Slaughter discusses 21st century foreign policy; and veteran journalist
[9]Sandy Gall recommends books on Afghanistan's past, present and
future.
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/anatole-kaletsky-on-new-capitalism
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/lee-camp-on-political-satire
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tanni-grey-thompson-on-spirit-sport
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/anne-marie-slaughter-on-21st-century-foreign-policy
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sandy-gall-on-foreigners-afghanistan

After the Diamond Jubilee weekend, look out for Israeli economist Ariel
Rubinstein on game theory, Granta editor John Freeman on new writing,
and more.

FiveBooks News

[10]Anatole Kaletsky on A New Capitalism
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/anatole-kaletsky-on-new-capitalism

Friday June 1

We need to build an entirely new market system, not just patch up the
old one, says the economics commentator, who discusses the long-term
fallout of the financial crisis and possible futures for the eurozone
[11]Continue reading…
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/anatole-kaletsky-on-new-capitalism

[12]Anne-Marie Slaughter on 21st Century Foreign Policy
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/anne-marie-slaughter-on-21st-century-foreign-policy

Thursday May 31

The US State Department now spends less than half of its effort on its
traditional role of managing state-to-state relations. A former senior
official tells us what it’s doing instead [13]Continue reading…
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/anne-marie-slaughter-on-21st-century-foreign-policy

[14]Tanni Grey-Thompson on the Spirit of Sport
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tanni-grey-thompson-on-spirit-sport

Wednesday May 30

The 11 times gold medal-winning Paralympian athlete, now a peer in
Britain’s House of Lords, tells us about the spirit and legacy of the
Olympics – and what parliament and competitive sport have in common
[15]Continue reading…
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tanni-grey-thompson-on-spirit-sport

[16]Sandy Gall on Foreigners in Afghanistan
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sandy-gall-on-foreigners-afghanistan

Monday May 28

The veteran reporter and frequent visitor to Afghanistan tells us about
the country he loves, and the Westerners (and Central Asian conqueror)
who wrote engagingly about it [17]Continue reading…
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sandy-gall-on-foreigners-afghanistan

[18]Lee Camp on Political Satire
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/lee-camp-on-political-satire

Monday May 28

Humour can be better than mainstream media at speaking truth to power,
says the American comedian and activist. He discusses masters of the
art, from Jon Stewart to Joseph Heller [19]Continue reading…
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/lee-camp-on-political-satire

[20]Jonathan Franzen: The Path To Freedom
Links:
20. http://b.rw/KqD8Bl

Jonathan Franzen | Guardian | 25 May 2012

"I'm going to address four unpleasant questions that novelists often
get asked. They're maddening not just because we hear them so often but
also because, with one exception, they're difficult to answer and,
therefore, worth asking" [21]More like this
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/best

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