Newsletter 491
[1]All of our Best of the Moment article recommendations, plus FiveBooks
interviews and other selected content from thebrower.com
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[5]Capitalism Vs The Climate
Links:
5. http://b.rw/w3LFAh
Naomi Klein | Nation | 9 November 2011
"Climate change detonates the ideological scaffolding on which contemporary
conservatism rests." To resolve the ecological crisis will require radical
overhaul of free market capitalism. Outstanding essay explains why
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/capitalism-vs-climate
[7]The Food At Our Feet
Links:
7. http://b.rw/uX3aDh
Jane Kramer | New Yorker | 14 November 2011
Pursuit of wild food has become fashionable. But wrap up, and take care.
Writer goes foraging with the experts for wild asparagus, beach horseradish,
orchid roots with more protein than _filet de boeuf_. And much, much more
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/food-our-feet
[9]Arab Leaders Shouldn't Kill Their People?
Links:
9. http://b.rw/uz3y9H
Marc Lynch | Foreign Policy | 11 November 2011
Arab Spring endures. Arab League freezes Syria's membership, because
government has killed thousands of opponents. It may not stop Assad, of
course. But since when did Arab leaders care about regimes killing their own
people? [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/arab-leaders-shouldnt-kill-their-people
[11]Hokey Pokey
Links:
11. http://b.rw/sx9mIa
John Hussman | Hussman Funds | 14 November 2011
Fund manager discusses continuing euro crisis. "There is no way to
meaningfully restructure Italian debt without wiping out the capital base of
Europe's banks, and forcing the nationalisation of the entire European
banking system" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/hokey-pokey
[13]From 'Made in China' To 'Bought in China'
Links:
13. http://b.rw/vJGaJu
J Gabriel Boylan | Boston Globe | 6 November 2011
What happens when China's economy switches big-time to consumption?
Interview with Karl Gerth, Oxford academic. "The best brands will be made
for the Chinese market, available to the Chinese markets first." We'll go
there to shop [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/made-china-bought-china
[15]Composers As Gardeners
Links:
15. http://b.rw/vc1YfY
Brian Eno | Edge | 10 November 2011
Two models of the creative process: Control and surrender. The architect
controls. He wields a masterplan definining every detail of the finished
project. The gardener surrenders. He plants seeds, and Nature shapes the
result [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/composers-gardeners
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Mary Laven on Renaissance Worlds
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/mary-laven-on-renaissance-worlds
New scholarship is opening up different ways of looking at the Renaissance.
The historian explains what we should read to gain a wider appreciation of
this key period in European history [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/mary-laven-on-renaissance-worlds
Featured Topic
[19]Republican Contenders
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/republican-contenders
Romney, Bachmann or Perry? AN Other? Read our selection of background and
analysis articles on the Republicans hoping to be their party's choice to
challenge President Obama [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/republican-contenders
Reader Recommendations
_@_[21]whitebluewhite The Newspaper That *Almost* Seized the Future: an epic
Silicon Valley story [22]t.co/6CmIiJUU [23]#browsings [24]More like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/whitebluewhite
22. http://www.cjr.org/feature/the_newspaper_that_almost_seized_the_future.php?page=all
23. https://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/four-fish-by-paul-greenberg
[26]Four Fish by Paul Greenberg
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/four-fish-by-paul-greenberg
[27]Barry Estabrook says: “He doesn’t condemn fish farming outright but he
explores ways to do it so that we continue to fish in what is the last wild
place where we get our food” [28]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/barry-estabrook-on-food-production
28. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[29]John Lewis: Christmas Advert 2011
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos/john-lewis-christmas-advert-2011
You have children, yes? A heart not made of stone, yes? Then prepare to shed
a tear [30]More videos
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[31]John Gray, on evolution
Links:
31. http://www.tnr.com/article/books/magazine/97257/fukuyama-modernization-theory-evolution?page=0,1&passthru=ZjUwMjlmYWNiNzk2YjY0NTEzYjZlZTY5ZDEwZjcyNDY
"The main point about Darwinian evolution is that it is a process of
drift, with no purpose or direction"
[32]More quotes
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32. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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