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[2]Reinventing The Wheel
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William Easterly | Foreign Policy | 14 October 2010
Countries with highest per capita income today are mostly countries which
had most advanced technology 500—even 1,000—years ago. But globalisation
means that poor countries can catch up, if they want to
[3]Two Views On Mideast Peace
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Amos Oz and Sari Nusseibeh | NYRB | 13 October 2010
Interesting perspective from Amos Oz: Israelis, Arabs both victims of
Europe. Arabs suffered "imperialism, colonialism, repression"; Jews,
"persecution, genocide". Each sees in the other its former oppressor
[4]Currency Chaos
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Jean Pisani-Ferry | Project Syndicate | 14 October 2010
Seemingly every country wants a weaker currency. Fundamental need much
greater among advanced economies. There's a job here for the IMF: create
conceptual framework for intergovernmental discussion
[5]Britain, Outlier Nation
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Bagehot | Economist | 14 October 2010
Too American to fit in with Europe. Too European to share the Tea Party's
radicalism. Too Western to find new allies in the BRICs. Too posh for
Australia. Conservative Britain is a lonely country
[6]Political Genius Of Robert Ford
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Nicholas Kohler | Maclean's | 12 October 2010
"He is enormous, uncultured, uncouth and déclassé, a high school football
coach who presents more like a schoolyard bully". He hates bike lanes and
speed bumps. And he looks set to be the next mayor of Toronto
[7]John Sculley On Steve Jobs
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Leander Kahney | Cult Of Mac | 14 October 2010
If you're interested in Apple, you'll be captivated by this interview, in
which Sculley pays homage to Jobs. Sculley says, humbly, that Jobs was right
about everything, and that he himself added almost nothing
Topic: Steve Jobs
Interviews, profiles, parodies, and even an obituary, tracking the life of
America's greatest... [8]Continue reading...
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[9]Today on FiveBooks: Scott Soames on the Philosophy of Language
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