FiveBooks Newsletter 74

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

Today on FiveBooks, economics professor [5]Daniel Hamermesh frames his book
selection around the theme "economics is fun". He raises innovative examples
of how to explain complex theories, and discusses how getting someone to do
the dishes is a matter for game theory.
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/daniel-hamermesh-on-economics-fun

Also on the site, former diplomat [6]Carne Ross talks about Occupy Wall
Street and the "leaderless revolution", historian [7]Norman Naimark
considers genocide, entomologist [8]May Berenbaum dissects the literature on
bugs, and more.
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/carne-ross-on-leaderless-revolution
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/norman-naimark-on-genocide
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/may-berenbaum-on-bugs

Next week's line-up includes author Tim Parks on Italian literature,
historian Michael Kazin with more on the Occupy movement, and musician
Santigold on her musical influences, so be sure to keep checking into our
homepage!

FiveBooks News

[9]Daniel Hamermesh on Economics is Fun
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/daniel-hamermesh-on-economics-fun

Friday November 18

Yes, really! Have you ever been “sexiled”? Or used game theory, without
realising it, to get someone to do the dishes? The economics professor
explains how his discipline creeps into all kinds of unlikely areas
[10]Continue reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/daniel-hamermesh-on-economics-fun

[11]Carne Ross on the Leaderless Revolution
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/carne-ross-on-leaderless-revolution

Thursday November 17

Our political and economic systems are inadequate and failing. But what can
we do? The author of a new book on the subject tells us what inspired his
involvement in the Occupy movement and how a leaderless revolution could
work [12]Continue reading…
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/carne-ross-on-leaderless-revolution

[13]May Berenbaum on Bugs
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/may-berenbaum-on-bugs

Wednesday November 16

Insects outnumber us, outweigh us, and without them ecosystems would
collapse. In short, we live on their planet. The entomologist explains why
we should value bugs more – even, or especially, the carrion beetles and
dung feeders [14]Continue reading…
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/may-berenbaum-on-bugs

[15]Norman Naimark on Genocide
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/norman-naimark-on-genocide

Tuesday November 15

Genocide isn’t the preserve of fanatics and racist thugs – it’s part of
human nature, says the historian. He tells us how it happens, who denies it
and where it could return [16]Continue reading…
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/norman-naimark-on-genocide

[17]Mary Laven on Renaissance Worlds
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/mary-laven-on-renaissance-worlds

Monday November 14

New scholarship is opening up different ways of looking at the Renaissance.
The historian explains what we should read to gain a wider appreciation of
this key period in European history [18]Continue reading…
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/mary-laven-on-renaissance-worlds

[19]Barry Estabrook on Food Production
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/barry-estabrook-on-food-production

Sunday November 13

Do you know what’s in the food you eat, and how it gets from field to plate?
The author of an acclaimed exposé of American agribusiness tells us where to
look if we want to become better-informed consumers [20]Continue reading…
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/barry-estabrook-on-food-production

[21]The Educational Lottery
Links:
21. http://b.rw/sdglE5

Steven Brint | LA Review of Books | 15 November 2011

Superb, highly readable essay on state of higher education. Focuses on
America, but debate and tensions over access, standards, goals and
aspirations will be familiar to readers in Britain and elsewhere [22]More
like this
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/best