Newsletter 413
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]Gold Coins: The Mystery of the Double Eagle
Links:
5. http://b.rw/row4T7
Susan Berfield | Businessweek | 25 August 2011
Intriguing tale of rare Double Eagle gold coin. “It’s a freak. The coins
shouldn’t have been minted, but they were." Most were melted into bullion in
1937. But some escaped. So the Secret Service has been chasing them for 70
years [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/gold-coins-mystery-double-eagle
[7]Behind Closed Doors: Gaddafi And MI6
Links:
7. http://b.rw/qn4Bbx
Gordon Corera | Independent | 25 August 2011
Libyan leader, scared by American attack on Baghdad in 2003, approached
British secret service via Saif to discuss giving up nuclear programme.
Relations twist and turn from enmity to friendship, and back to enmity
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/behind-closed-doors-gaddafi-and-mi6
[9]The Lap Of Luxembourgery
Links:
9. http://b.rw/qxx9pg
Eric Pape | Foreign Policy | 15 August 2011
"In the dark heart of Europe lies a nation rotten to the core. A secret
banking haven. Where democracy is a joke." We're talking Luxembourg. World's
highest per capita GDP. Just as well. Also highest debt: $3.76m per capita
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/lap-luxembourgery
[11]A Critique Of Pure Gold
Links:
11. http://b.rw/ngRGOW
Barry Eichengreen | National Interest | 24 August 2011
Tea Partiers and libertarians want America back on gold standard: Let
market, not Fed, decide money supply. Wrong, wrong, wrong. It wouldn't help.
It probably couldn't be done. And it would give government more power, not
less [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/critique-pure-gold
[13]Chavs
Links:
13. http://b.rw/oGKXOe
Andrew Gamblw | TLS | 24 August 2011
Review of Owen Jones's book on demonisation of English poor. Gains new
salience in wake of London riots. Working class has become "a beleaguered
minority, stripped of its dignity, its self-worth, its culture and its hope"
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/chavs
[15]The Day That Damned The Dodgers
Links:
15. http://b.rw/oTfi9e
Lee Jenkins | Sports Illustrated | 24 August 2011
Opening day of the new baseball season, 2011. Loyal fans stream into Dodger
Stadium, LA, hoping for a win to quell their anger at the club's disastrous
management. By the end of the day, the stadium was a crime scene. Compelling
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/day-damned-dodgers
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Misha Glenny on Cyber Security
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/misha-glenny-on-cyber-security
There's an unseen, and mostly unacknowledged, cyber war going on. The author
of _Dark Market_ tells us who's involved, how far it spreads and what could
happen if we let it continue unchecked [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/misha-glenny-on-cyber-security
Featured Topic
[19]Revolution In Libya
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/revolution-libya
With rebels in control of much of Tripoli, the battle to remove Colonel
Gaddafi is reaching its endgame. Read our selection of articles about the
Libyan leader's brutal 42-year rule and the revolt that's raising hopes of a
better future [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/revolution-libya
Reader Recommendations
@tzaf An interview with Steven Pinker from 2004 republished in the lovely
'Turing Dreams' blog t.co/cxgdWeF #browsings[21]#browsings [22]More like
this
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21. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
22. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[23]Book of the Day
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/essays-great-depression-by-ben-s-bernanke
[24]Essays on the Great Depression by Ben S. Bernanke
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/essays-great-depression-by-ben-s-bernanke
Robert Barro says: “The book focuses on the Great Depression as a credit
implosion. It's Ben Bernanke’s most important contribution in terms of
macroeconomics and financial economics" [25]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[26]Bahrain: Shouting In The Dark
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/videos/bahrain-shouting-dark
Al-Jazeera documentary that Saudi and Bahraini authorities tried to bury.
Melodramatic, but interesting
[27]More videos
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[28]Steve Jobs, on market research
Links:
28. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/08/apple-after-jobs/244162
"It's hard for customers to tell you what they want when they've never
seen anything remotely like it"
[29]More quotes
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/quotations