Newsletter 267
[1]Libya, Waiting to See
Links:
1. http://b.rw/eI805C
Aaron Bady | Zunguzungu | 26 March 2011
Fine, reflective essay on wisdom of Libyan intervention, emphasising
Qaddafi's record of imperialism and warmongering in Africa. He's a cancer.
And the UN intervention is chemo-therapy. Poisonous and awful, but worth it
in the end
[2]Show Them The Money, Old China
Links:
2. http://b.rw/haR1rI
John Garnaut | Sydney Morning Herald | 26 March 2011
Report from Chongqing, where the gangland boss is a former arms trader. He
controls the economy in cahoots with the mayor. Communist Party's local
boss, Bo Xilai, campaigns against mafia, but only seems to clear out the
lower levels
[3]When Are You Dead?
Links:
3. http://b.rw/fyvNjH
John Sanford | Stanford Medicine | 17 March 2011
How dead do donors have to be before organs can be removed? Donor shortage
is a major problem. But transplantation after cardiac death (DCD) is a
controversial policy that permits organ removal from patients in deep comas
[4]Harvard Boys Go Nation-Building
Links:
4. http://b.rw/gEMJQP
David Warsh | Economic Principals | 27 March 2011
Michael Porter, Harvard Business School management guru, grew famous
offering competitive strategies to firms, regions, nations. In 2006 his
consulting firm set about rebuilding Libya's reputation. Should he be
repenting now?
[5]Human Complexity: The Strategic Game of ? and ?
Links:
5. http://b.rw/eJf6L9
Rick Bookstaber | Rick Bookstaber's Blog | 25 March 2011
Why military theory is more effective at addressing economic complexity than
neo-classical methods. Interaction "between the market participants and the
regulators, is not a game, but a war". Complex but interesting argument
[6]A Murder Foretold
Links:
6. http://b.rw/erxYx5
David Grann | New Yorker | 25 March 2011
Epic tale of murky political intrigue in Guatemala and how one attorney,
investigating controversial murder case, accurately predicted his own
assassination. Long, powerful article with a plot straight out of a John
Grisham novel
Today's FiveBooks Interview
[7]Anthony Julius on =CENSORSHIP=
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/anthony-julius-on-censorship
Senior solicitor-advocate at Mishcon de Reya discusses the collision between
literature and the law [8]Continue reading…
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/anthony-julius-on-censorship
Topic
[9]Climate Change
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/topics/climate-change-0
Want to know how our planet is faring? Access the definitive reading list on
climate change, as recommended by Jonathan Porritt and others, and read
articles that will get you past the smoke and mirrors of Climategate
[10]Continue reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/topics/climate-change-0
Book of the Day
[11]In Light of India
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/light-india-by-octavio-paz
-by Octavio Paz -
[12]Pankaj Mishra: "This is easily the most accessible and stimulating book
on India that you can read."
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/pankaj-mishra-on-india
[13]More recommendations…
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
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in pro cycling [15]b.rw/dKmuO2
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