FiveBooks Newsletter 92

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

Don't miss today's riveting interview with Wall Street money manager
[5]Barry Ritholtz on the causes of the financial crisis. "Democracy",
he says, "has been replaced with a de facto corporatocracy … the United
States needs its own Arab Spring."
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/barry-ritholtz-on-causes-financial-crisis

Also on the site this week: political philosopher [6]John Gray gives a
considered critique of utopian and apocalyptical thinking; [7]Nancy
Goldstone discusses strong medieval women in bad marriages; former
professional cricketer [8]Ed Smith discusses luck; and more.
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-gray-on-critiques-utopia-and-apocalypse
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/nancy-goldstone-on-strong-women-bad-marriages
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ed-smith-on-my-life-and-luck

Next week, look out for Daniel Mendelsohn on updating the classics,
Professor AC Grayling on being good, and much more. And for the best
interviews of 2011, from Woody Allen to Steven Pinker, don't forget to
check out our FiveBooks [9]ebook!
Links:
9. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-of-FiveBooks-2011-ebook/dp/B007GAM6RC/?tag=thebro-21

FiveBooks News

[10]Barry Ritholtz on Causes of the Financial Crisis
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/barry-ritholtz-on-causes-financial-crisis

Friday March 30

The Wall Street money manager diagnoses the ills of America’s political
and economic system in a fizzing, irreverent analysis (with promised
f-bombs thrown in) [11]Continue reading…
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/barry-ritholtz-on-causes-financial-crisis

[12]Nancy Goldstone on Strong Women in Bad Marriages
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/nancy-goldstone-on-strong-women-bad-marriages

Thursday March 29

The author of The Maid and the Queen takes us on an enjoyable ride
through European history, looking at well-connected women who outwitted
their husbands or asserted their independence [13]Continue reading…
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/nancy-goldstone-on-strong-women-bad-marriages

[14]John Gray on Critiques of Utopia and Apocalypse
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-gray-on-critiques-utopia-and-apocalypse

Wednesday March 28

Is it inevitable that the desire to build a perfect world should end in
disaster? John Gray considers the flaws in utopian thinking, the
essential nature of humans, and the driving force behind the Tea Party
[15]Continue reading…
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-gray-on-critiques-utopia-and-apocalypse

[16]Ed Smith on My Life and Luck
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ed-smith-on-my-life-and-luck

Tuesday March 27

The former international cricketer, and author of a forthcoming book on
luck, tells us about the chance happenings that have helped shape his
life, for better or worse [17]Continue reading…
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ed-smith-on-my-life-and-luck

[18]Leo Hollis on Why Cities Are Good For You
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/leo-hollis-on-why-cities-are-good-you

Monday March 26

Half of the world’s population live in cities, and more are moving in.
The urbanist explains how city living makes us smarter and more
creative, why slums are set to grow, and what the future of the city
holds [19]Continue reading…
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/leo-hollis-on-why-cities-are-good-you

[20]The Originality Of The Species
Links:
20. http://b.rw/HcRpAK

Ian McEwan | Guardian | 23 March 2012

Wonderful consideration of "the expression, common to both the arts and
science, of the somewhat grand, somewhat ignoble, all too human pursuit
of originality in the face of total dependence on the achievements of
others" [21]More like this
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/best