FiveBooks Newsletter 83
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, author and columnist [5]Will Hutton discusses fairness
and inequality, and how we need a new social contract in capitalist
societies. "Reward", he says, "has to be proportional to its due desert."
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/will-hutton-on-fairness-and-inequality
He follows a week of interviews on diverse topics from [6]media dynasties to
[7]American football, [8]Las Vegas to [9]prudent living.
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/amanda-smith-on-newspaper-dynasties
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/rick-telander-on-american-football-and-its-dark-side
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/matthew-o’brien-on-las-vegas
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/charles-foster-on-living-prudently
Next week, keep your eyes peeled for book recommendations on philosophy,
science and dissent, and we talk to Francis Fukuyama about the financial
crisis.
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[10]Will Hutton on Fairness and Inequality
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/will-hutton-on-fairness-and-inequality
Friday January 20
In contemporary capitalist societies, some inequality is inevitable and
desirable. But the rewards for the few at the top have soared while the rest
have been squeezed. We need a new social contract, says the author and
columnist [11]Continue reading…
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/will-hutton-on-fairness-and-inequality
[12]Rick Telander on American Football (and its Dark Side)
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/rick-telander-on-american-football-and-its-dark-side
Thursday January 19
It’s America’s favourite sport – at its best, a wonderful, thrilling
spectacle; at its worst, legitimised violence exacting a terrible price on
players. The Chicago Sun-Times sportswriter takes us inside the game's dark
heart [13]Continue reading…
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/rick-telander-on-american-football-and-its-dark-side
[14]Charles Foster on Living Prudently
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/charles-foster-on-living-prudently
Wednesday January 18
Our culture tells us to follow our hearts, but self-deception can wreck
lives. The therapist advocates a new model of prudence when it comes to
major life choices, and recommends reading that illustrates his advice
[15]Continue reading…
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/charles-foster-on-living-prudently
[16]Matthew O’Brien on Las Vegas
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/matthew-o’brien-on-las-vegas
Tuesday January 17
Vegas tugs on the imagination like few other places. A sin city journalist
tells us about innocent beginnings, muckraking and mobsters, and how Vegas
has changed through boom and bust [17]Continue reading…
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/matthew-o’brien-on-las-vegas
[18]Amanda Smith on Newspaper Dynasties
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/amanda-smith-on-newspaper-dynasties
Monday January 16
From the Hearsts to the Murdochs, powerful families have often controlled
the newspapers we read. The author, and Kennedy family member, tells us why
they do it and where it leads [19]Continue reading…
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/amanda-smith-on-newspaper-dynasties
[20]Not Fade Away
Links:
20. http://b.rw/wT98dO
Robert Kagan | New Republic | 11 January 2012
"Is the United States in decline, as so many seem to believe these days? Or
are Americans in danger of committing pre-emptive superpower suicide out of
a misplaced fear of their own declining power?" The second, says Kagan
[21]More like this
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/best
Featured Topic
[22]Ali and Frazier
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/reports/ali-and-frazier
Three fights against each other, two of the greatest heavyweight boxers of
all time, one hell of a story [23]Read on
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/reports/ali-and-frazier
Book of the Week
Book of the Day
[24]Talleyrand by Duff Cooper
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/talleyrand-by-duff-cooper
[25]Dr Charles Foster says: "He is the poster child for landing on your feet
no matter what" [26]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/charles-foster-on-living-prudently
26. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[27]Protect IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/videos/sopa-breaks-internet
Introduction to Protect IP / SOPA (Stop Online Privacy Act) - what it is,
why it matters. And why we should all be against it
[28]More videos
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[29]Slavoj Zizek, on work
Links:
29. http://www.lrb.co.uk/2012/01/11/slavoj-zizek/the-revolt-of-the-salaried-bourgeoisie
"The chance of being exploited in a long-term job is now experienced as a
privilege"
[30]More quotes
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
Reader Recommendations
_@blimage_ It's Blue Monday: the most depressing day of the year? a
psychologist explains on _@guardianscience_ http://t.co/j8wLK8wm
[32]#browsings [33]More like this
Links:
32. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
33. http://thebrowser.com/browsings