Newsletter 347
[1]The Real Scandal At Goldman Sachs: The Stock Price
Links:
1. http://b.rw/kVFpnI
Daniel Gross | Yahoo! Finance | 16 June 2011
Stockholders might well ask Where Are the Shareholders' Yachts? Returns
provided to them under Lloyd Blankfein in past five years aren't enough to
buy a ride on the Staten Island ferry. Indeed Goldman has underperformed the
S&P 500 [2]Comments
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/real-scandal-goldman-sachs-stock-price
[3]Fukushima: It's Much Worse Than You Think
Links:
3. http://b.rw/kRTPqs
Dahr Jamail | Al-Jazeera | 16 June 2011
Doom-laden take on Fukushima. Nuclear expert calls it worst industrial
catastrophe in history. "With Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, and now with
Fukushima, you can pinpoint the exact day and time they started. But they
never end" [4]Comments
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/fukushima-its-much-worse-you-think
[5]Basel, Tomato, And Mozzarella
Links:
5. http://b.rw/lsrmzi
Simon Johnson | Baseline Scenario | 15 June 2011
Banks use four main arguments against extra capital requirements. This
explains counter-arguments in simple terms because "when you mention Basel,
your average member of Congress thinks 'that pairs well with tomato and
mozzarella'" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/basel-tomato-and-mozzarella
[7]Palin’s Emails: Remarkably Lucid
Links:
7. http://b.rw/iOZV3o
John McWhorter | New Republic | 16 June 2011
She's mocked for her speaking gaffes, but her emails show a writing style
that puts most graduates to shame. It's not just that she knows her
spelling, syntax, grammar. When you read her words, you hear a distinctive
human voice [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/palin’s-emails-remarkably-lucid
[9]The Financial Road To Serfdom
Links:
9. http://b.rw/iNEIQV
Michael Hudson | Naked Capitalism | 13 June 2011
The asset stripping that bankers demand of Greece seems like an attempt to
prevent the “I won’t pay” movement spreading to Spain and beyond. Bankers
are trying to stop governments writing down debts. At issue is sovereignty
itself [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/financial-road-serfdom
[11]Scenes From Underground
Links:
11. http://b.rw/iYuXpP
Various | Atlantic | 15 June 2011
Thirty-six mesmerising photographs of caves, tunnels and underground
shelters. From the Kuha Karuhas pavilion inside the Phraya Nakhon cave of
Thailand, to the Beijing metro and salt mines of Romania [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/scenes-underground
FiveBooks Interview
[13]Giles Coren on Food Writing
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/giles-coren-on-food-writing
_The London Times_ award-winning food columnist takes an irreverent look at
the world of food writing, from restaurant critics to celebrity chefs
Featured Topic
[14]Espionage
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/topics/espionage
The irresistible subject - spies. Who are they? What do they really do? Are
today's spies that different from the heroes of the Cold War? Read on to
find out
Reader Recommendations
_@Frances_Coppola_ RT _@polit2k_: RT _@TimHarford_: How to fix the flaw in
economics:[15] t.co/wOAzjCk by _@freakynomics_ [16]#browsings
Links:
15. http://t.co/wOAzjCk
16. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
Book of the Day
[17]Hem and Football by Nalinaksha Bhattacharya
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/hem-and-football-by-nalinaksha-bhattacharya
BOOKQUOTE
Video of the Day
[18]Dalai Lama Joke
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/videos/dalai-lama-joke
Did you hear the one about the Dalai Lama who walks into a pizza shop?
Here's the Dalai Lama hearing it
Quote of the Day
[19]Dan Ariely, on cheating
Links:
19. http://www.thersa.org/fellowship/journal/features/features/better-the-devil-you-know
People start by cheating a little bit, because they’re trying to balance
feeling good about themselves with benefiting from cheating. But after
they’ve reached a certain point, they begin thinking of themselves as
cheaters. Once this happens, they start cheating a lot