FiveBooks Newsletter 48
Today on FiveBooks, economist and best-selling author [1]Dambisa Moyo
describes how “we are witnessing the decline of Western supremacy.” She caps
off a week of interviews on topics including the [2]lives of American first
ladies, [3]understanding infants, and [4]classical Chinese poetry.
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/dambisa-moyo-on-west-vs-rest
2. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/carl-sferrazza-anthony-on-first-ladies
3. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tobias-hecht-on-understanding-infants
4. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/qiu-xiaolong-on-classical-chinese-poetry
Next week, we talk to international relations expert Joseph Nye about global
power. Sneak preview: he says, “In an information age it matters as much
whose story wins as whose arms win.”
FiveBooks News
[5]Dambisa Moyo on The West vs The Rest
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/dambisa-moyo-on-west-vs-rest
Friday May 27th
The author and economist argues that the West is in decline, the U.S. faces
structural unemployment, and authoritarian states like China are in many
ways better positioned to deal with financial busts [6]Continue reading…
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/dambisa-moyo-on-west-vs-rest
[7]Tobias Hecht on Understanding Infants
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tobias-hecht-on-understanding-infants
Thursday May 26th
The anthropologist explains how infants are socially aware and why behaviour
thought inevitable in some cultures, such as tantrums, can be uncommon
elsewhere [8]Continue reading…
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tobias-hecht-on-understanding-infants
[9]Stella Tillyard on the Regency period
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/stella-tillyard-on-regency-period
Wednesday May 25th
The best-selling author says the 19th century Regency era was, apart from
the duels and empire-line dresses, much like our own – a time of war and
economic uncertainty [10]Continue reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/stella-tillyard-on-regency-period
[11]Carl Sferrazza Anthony on First Ladies
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/carl-sferrazza-anthony-on-first-ladies
Tuesday May 24th
As President Obama and his wife, Michelle, arrive for their state visit to
the UK, the historian of US presidential families considers the
contributions of first ladies, from the very first one to the present day
[12]Continue reading…
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/carl-sferrazza-anthony-on-first-ladies
[13]Jason Zweig on Personal Finance
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jason-zweig-on-personal-finance
Monday May 23rd
The _Wall Street Journal_ personal finance columnist explains why there's
truth in the old adage that investors get the returns they deserve, and
suggests how savers can avoid being taken for a ride [14]Continue reading…
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jason-zweig-on-personal-finance
[15]Qiu Xiaolong on Classical Chinese Poetry
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/qiu-xiaolong-on-classical-chinese-poetry
Sunday May 22nd
The translator and poet says there is no one road when it comes to
translating Chinese poetry, and chooses five anthologies that capture its
magic [16]Continue reading…
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/qiu-xiaolong-on-classical-chinese-poetry
Story of the Week
[17]Sex Trafficking Of Americans: The Girls Next Door
Links:
17. http://b.rw/mNTG4b
Amy Fine Collins | Vanity Fair | 24 May 2011
Horrifying report. "A pound of heroin or an AK-47 can be retailed once, but
a young girl can be sold 10 to 15 times a day." And hundreds of thousands of
American girls are. The average starting age for prostitution? Just 13
Featured Topic
[18]Moral Philosophy
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/topics/moral-philosophy
Do babies have morals? Does surveillance make us better? Is free will an
illusion or not? Is there such a thing as evil? Get to grips with the big
questions of right and wrong
Book of the Week
[19]Where Are the Customers’ Yachts? by Fred Schwed
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/where-are-customers’-yachts-by-fred-schwed
[20]Jason Zweig says: “Even now, some 70 years later, this is still the
funniest book ever written about Wall Street”
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jason-zweig-on-personal-finance
Video of the Week
[21]Super Sad True Book Club
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/videos/super-sad-true-book-club
Paul Giamatti, Gary Shteyngart and Felix the Dachsund celebrate the
paperback edition of Gary's latest book
Quote of the Week
[22]Eli Pariser, on the Internet
Links:
22. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/05/22/pariser.filter.bubble
"The new Internet doesn't just know you're a dog; it knows your breed and
wants to sell you a bowl of premium kibble"
Reader Recommendations
_@sophiemaynard_ musings on Lawrence of Arabia: [23]b.rw/iDQCpK
[24]#browsings
Links:
23. http://b.rw/iDQCpK
24. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings