Newsletter 356
[5]Looking For Someone
Links:
5. http://b.rw/jreWrG
Nick Paumgarten | New Yorker | 27 June 2011
Everything you wanted to know about Internet dating. Long, fun ride from
1960s NY to today's smart algorithms (much like Netflix, except the movie
doesn't have to like you back). And how we set ourselves up for success or
failure [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/looking-someone
[7]The Paulson Sino Forest Loss
Links:
7. http://b.rw/jLeHOP
John Hemptom | Bronte Capital | 26 June 2011
Hedge-fund goliath John Paulson was gulled by a dodgy Chinese timber company
that he didn't research thoroughly. OK. That's the price of his investment
strategy. He runs a small team, acts quickly, places big bets, often wins
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/paulson-sino-forest-loss
[9]You Are Being Gamed
Links:
9. http://b.rw/k57J76
Dan Ariely | Dropbox | 25 June 2011
How online companies trick you into sharing more, joining more, and spending
more. And how, sometimes, we end up gaming ourselves. Case studies from
Amazon, Netflix, Zynga, Groupon, Apple and Facebook (PDF) [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/you-are-being-gamed
[11]Poor Little Rich Country
Links:
11. http://b.rw/jOYgb9
Patrick French | Foreign Policy | 24 June 2011
India gives billions of dollars in aid to African countries, has a space
programme and a fast-growing economy. Yet a substantial portion of its
population remains desperately poor, and Britain still sends it aid. What
gives? [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/poor-little-rich-country
[13]Chinese Art Of Elegant Bribery
Links:
13. http://b.rw/mExIOr
Anthony Ou | Open Economy | 25 June 2011
One reason for boom in Chinese art prices is rising demand for artworks to
use as bribes. Officials love art because the gift is discreet, the works
hold their value, and, if caught, you can always say you thought it was a
fake [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/chinese-art-elegant-bribery
[15]Drunk On America
Links:
15. http://b.rw/mbAiPO
Ryan O'Hanlon | Run Of Play | 24 June 2011
Soccer turns into an American national sport. "We’re slowly taking a piece
of it and painting with some vaguely American strokes. Now our soccer team
doesn’t suck we can spend an afternoon getting drunk and thinking we're the
best" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/drunk-america
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Patricio Navia on Politics of Latin America
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/patricio-navia-on-politics-latin-america
The political scientist tells us what to read if we want to know why Latin
American voters elect left-wing leaders, and how those leaders end up
governing differently from each other [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/patricio-navia-on-politics-latin-america
Featured Topic
[19]Financial Crisis
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/financial-crisis
In-depth primer for both the expert and the amateur. Experts interviewed
include Eichengreen, Barro and Rodrik. Wide range of hand-picked background
articles [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/financial-crisis
Reader Recommendations
@[21]polit2k The Busts Keep Getting Bigger: Why? by Paul Krugman and Robin
Wells | The New York Review of Books - [22]goo.gl/6bBpj #[23]browsings
[24]More like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/polit2k
22. http://goo.gl/6bBpj
23. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
24. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[25]Book of the Day
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/bad-science-by-ben-goldacre
[26]Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/bad-science-by-ben-goldacre
[27]Tim Harford says: "This book changed the way I thought about my own
writing and it changed the way I thought about the world. It really is one
of the best books I have ever read" [28]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tim-harford-on-unexpected-economics
28. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[29]Snail Attack
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos/snail-attack
Who said snails were slow? You won't, after watching this
[30]More videos
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[31]Clay Shirky, on public choice
Links:
31. http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2010/04/the_shirky_prin.php
"Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the
solution."
[32]More quotes
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/quotations