Newsletter 226
[1]Every Mistake Imaginable
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Johnny Davis | GQ | 2 February 2011
Demise of EMI, world's oldest record company. Litany of errors: ill-fated
mergers, unsuccessful expansion and digital denial. Made worse by Guy Hands,
on acquiring the business: "We're just hoping EMI is as bad as we think it
is"
[2]Egypt's Revolution: Coming To An Economy Near You
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2. http://b.rw/gZoYOL
Umair Haque | HBR | 1 February 2011
Argues that Egypt and Tunisia's revolts expose global fault lines: "What
we're watching is a massive malfunctioning of the global economy." Root
cause cited as "dumb growth" - bogus prosperity rather than genuine wealth
creation
[3]Lords Of Rikers
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3. http://b.rw/gYDDAt
Geoffrey Gray | New York | 30 January 2011
Terrifying account of life and death inside "One Main, House Of Pain", most
dangerous block of New York juvenile prison on Riker's Island. Teenage
inmates pretty much run the place. Like "Lord of the Flies" with more
weaponry
[4]It's Not Radical Islam That Worries The US
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4. http://b.rw/igaql5
Noam Chomsky | Guardian | 4 February 2011
Left-wing libertarian scholar argues that for America "the general threat
has always been independence" among Islamic states. Characterizes historical
US approach as "The dictators support us. Their subjects can be ignored."
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Today's FiveBooks Interview
[6]Robin Lane Fox on =RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL HISTORY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD=
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6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/robin-lane-fox-on-religious-and-social-history-ancient-world
The historian and Oxford don focuses on how the cultural and philosophical
changes that occurred in late antiquity are essential to our understanding
of world views today [7]Continue reading…
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7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/robin-lane-fox-on-religious-and-social-history-ancient-world
Topic
[8]Terrorism
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8. http://thebrowser.com/topics/terrorism
Dive into our experts' reading list. Jessica Stern, Simon Conway and other
internationally recognised authorities talk about terrorism, and recommend
which books and articles to read
[9]Continue reading…
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9. http://thebrowser.com/topics/terrorism
Book of the Day
[10]The World of Late Antiquity
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10. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/world-late-antiquity-by-peter-brown-0
-by Peter Brown -
[11]More recommendations…
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11. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Browsings
[12]sophiemaynard The pain that is China's
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