Newsletter 435

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

[5]How To Save The Euro
Links:
5. http://b.rw/qduaCD

Anonymous | Economist | 16 September 2011

"As credit lines gum up and outsiders plead for action, it is not just the
euro that is at risk, but the future of the European Union and the health of
the world economy." But there's still time for a rescue. Here's what's
needed [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-save-euro

[7]Trust Issues
Links:
7. http://b.rw/pkwHbS

Paul Collins | Lapham's Quarterly | 15 September 2011

If you put $1m in a thousand-year trust, it would stand to bring your
offspring $400 trillion. Which is why governments have tried to outlaw
"perpetual" trusts: They could bankrupt whole states. Compound interest is a
powerful thing [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/trust-issues

[9]Economics For Ethics
Links:
9. http://b.rw/psZ1vP

Anonymous | Philosopher's Beard | 16 September 2011

"Because ethicists have so many reasonable complaints about economists, they
rarely take what economists do and how they think seriously. So this post
will follow a path less travelled and ask what economics can do for ethics"
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/economics-ethics

[11]The Skull – And The Bones
Links:
11. http://b.rw/pakWDQ

Marc Wortman | Vanity Fair | 15 September 2011

Writer goes on trail of Geronimo to investigate rumours that skull may have
been removed from his burial place. Uncovers complex case of interlocking
interests, drawing in descendants of the Apache warrior and motley others
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/skull-–-and-bones

[13]The Bulletproof Palestinian Stock Exchange
Links:
13. http://b.rw/nnVkEz

Sarah Topol | Businessweek | 15 September 2011

Based in Ramallah. CEO says it's a "shockproof exchange. We could not
possibly be affected by political chaos, because we are an exchange that was
born into political chaos. For us, what happened in Cairo is like child’s
play" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/bulletproof-palestinian-stock-exchange

[15]Putting Philosophy To The Test
Links:
15. http://b.rw/nHGxio

David Menconi | Stanford | 11 September 2011

Super piece on Josh Knobe and rise of x-phi, experimental philosophy that
seeks out truths using methods borrowed from the social sciences. Challenges
age old belief that "if anything can be pursued in an armchair, philosophy
can" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/putting-philosophy-test

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Noah Charney on Art Crime
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/noah-charney-on-art-crime

The historian takes us on a grand tour of art theft and looting, taking in
the Romans, Cosa Nostra and the man who stole the most famous painting in
the world and didn’t know what to do with it [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/noah-charney-on-art-crime