Newsletter 418

31 Aug 2011 • 3 min read

[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com

[5]Day's End
Links:
5. http://b.rw/oFwXEM

Frank Rich | New York | 27 August 2011

The 9/11 decade is now over. It was supposed to bequeath Americans a
stronger nation, not a busted one. Civic virtue, bi-partisanship. A finer
legacy than Gitmo and the Patriot Act. But it was hijacked, ideologically,
commercially [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/days-end

[7]Keynesian Economics vs Regular Economics
Links:
7. http://b.rw/n3Q5Oy

Robert Barro | Hoover Institution/WSJ | 24 August 2011

"There are two ways to view Keynesian stimulus through transfer programs.
It's either a divine miracle—where one gets back more than one puts in—or
else it's the macroeconomic equivalent of bloodletting" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/keynesian-economics-vs-regular-economics

[9]Struggling With A Great Contraction
Links:
9. http://b.rw/nddoxq

Martin Wolf | FT | 30 August 2011

"Many ask whether high-income countries are at risk of a 'double-dip'
recession. My answer is: No, because the first one did not end. The question
is, rather, how much deeper and longer this recession or 'contraction' might
become" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/struggling-great-contraction

[11]Of Dead Bodies And Dirty Streets
Links:
11. http://b.rw/nb7e8A

Deborah Blum | Speakeasy Science | 25 August 2011

Compelling piece on history of leaded petrol/gasoline. As early as 1924,
workers exposed to tetraethyl lead collapsed, had convulsions, became
delirious. Within months many had died. Why did it take 50 years to outlaw
"loony gas"? [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/dead-bodies-and-dirty-streets

[13]March Of The Penguin
Links:
13. http://b.rw/pmNr3Y

Ryan Paul | Ars Technica | 26 August 2011

Story behind Linux – one of the most successful pieces of open source
software ever developed. Started as a hobby project by a Finnish computer
science student. Now operating system of choice for supercomputers around
the world [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/march-penguin

[15]How The Queen Of Khat Got So Rich
Links:
15. http://b.rw/qGnNjz

Philipp Hedemann | Worldcrunch/Die Welt | 29 August 2011

For many Africans khat is a stimulant drug that also suppresses the
appetite. But the world’s biggest seller of khat isn't a typical drug
dealer. She's a woman, has her own airline and is Ethiopia's businesswoman
of the year [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-queen-khat-got-so-rich

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Andrew Exum on Understanding the War in Afghanistan
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andrew-exum-on-understanding-war-afghanistan

The US has repeatedly misdiagnosed the conflict in Afghanistan. The former
soldier tells us about flawed policy, unhappy outcomes and what could and
should have been different [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andrew-exum-on-understanding-war-afghanistan

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