Newsletter 477

31 Oct 2011 • 3 min read

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

[5]The Shadow Superpower
Links:
5. http://b.rw/tEpNuL

Robert Neuwirth | Foreign Policy | 28 October 2011

Introduction to the shadow economic world of "System D", or "l'economie de
la débrouillardise." A black market economy, free of regulation and
taxation. With 1.8 billion jobs and a $10 trillion global market, is it the
future? [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/shadow-superpower

[7]King Of Kings
Links:
7. http://b.rw/tb7qaw

Jon Lee Anderson | New Yorker | 31 October 2011

Fine essay charts history, political legacy of former Libyan leader. And the
chaotic series of events that led to his capture and death. "Gaddafi had
created a know-nothing state, and that, too, he had left behind" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/king-kings

[9]Obituary: Sir Jimmy Savile
Links:
9. http://b.rw/trQu2i

Anonymous | Telegraph | 30 October 2011

Wrestler, coal-miner, dance-hall manager, charity worker, Broadmoor
resident, disc-jockey, television personality. Never married. "Women are
lovely if you sip at them". Spent "best five days of my life" with his
mother's corpse [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/obituary-sir-jimmy-savile

[11]Why Not Foundation Courts?
Links:
11. http://b.rw/tG9YSc

Alex Harrowell | Yorkshire Ranter | 30 October 2011

The Ranter at his best. Why not give courts a budget for buying
imprisonment, probation, community service, electronic tagging, etc, in an
internal market? Judges would learn true cost of jail, apply it more
selectively [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-not-foundation-courts

[13]A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs
Links:
13. http://b.rw/vtWSiU

Mona Simpson | NYT | 30 October 2011

Powerful, emotional, and intimate, tribute to former Apple boss from his
sister. "What I learned from my brother’s death was that character is
essential: What he was, was how he died. Death didn’t happen to Steve, he
achieved it" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/sister’s-eulogy-steve-jobs

[15]What Is "Toxic"?
Links:
15. http://b.rw/utm9qX

Anon | Puff The Mutant Dragon | 30 October 2011

We think of foods as being either poisonous or not. But it's a sliding
scale. Even water can be toxic if you drink enough of it. As for aspartame,
don't even go there. The mystery is how we drink so much Diet Coke and stay
alive [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-toxic

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Ramsey Campbell on Horror Stories
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ramsey-campbell-on-horror-stories

From the psychological terror of a haunted house to the spectral dread of an
indescribable colour, the British horror writer recommends five disturbing
tales to get you in the mood for Halloween [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ramsey-campbell-on-horror-stories

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