Newsletter 504
[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]Inside McKinsey
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5. http://b.rw/vt4RGs
Andrew Hill | FT | 25 November 2011
Goldman Sachs of consulting. Alumni everywhere. Clients buy the firm's
skills, also its influence. Top manager costs $164,165 a week. A reputation
business. Trust vital. So how much damage has the Galleon scandal done?
[6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/inside-mckinsey
[7]Uncharted Waters: Thinking Through Syria’s Dynamics
Links:
7. http://b.rw/s1uxph
Anonymous | International Crisis Group | 24 November 2011
Get up to speed on Syria with this briefing paper (PDF) on deepening crisis
there. Public debate about country's future has mostly ignored five key
issues that will shape events. Here's what they are, and what they mean
[8]Comments
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8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/uncharted-waters-thinking-through-syria’s-dynamics
[9]Jewish Mathematicians In Nazi Germany
Links:
9. http://b.rw/rMSVhv
Ofer Aderet | Haaretz | 25 November 2011
German Mathematical Society dusts off its archives from the Nazi years. "The
Mathematical Society didn't care about the Jews. They collaborated at every
level. They expelled the Jewish members even before they were compelled to"
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/jewish-mathematicians-nazi-germany
[11]On Points
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11. http://b.rw/tZXpCs
Raymond Tallis | Philosophy Now | 8 November 2011
Philosopher tackles mathematical notion of a point. Prepare for Euclid,
Zeno. "Exposing the distance between mathematical points and real spatial
locations is a way of reminding ourselves of the distance between maths and
the world" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/points
[13]Leave The Cake With The File In It Right Here
Links:
13. http://b.rw/ru4sjR
Michael Wilson | NYT | 25 November 2011
What visitors try to sneak into Rikers Island jail, and how prison staff
spot and stop the trade. "This week: six cellphones, three canisters of
pepper spray, eight blades, two forks, two pairs of scissors and a needle"
[14]Comments
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14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/leave-cake-file-it-right-here
[15]The Economic Battlefield Of The NBA Lockout
Links:
15. http://b.rw/tgszAY
David Berri | Freakonomics | 21 November 2011
Economics professor analyses negotiating strategy of NBA owners and players,
still locked in dispute about redividing the pie. It's a case of monopsony
vs monopoly and how leverage changes over time. Interesting, and fun
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/economic-battlefield-nba-lockout
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Santigold on Musical Influences
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/santigold-on-musical-influences
The singer-songwriter took an unusual route to becoming a performer. She
tells us how she got started, how to get what you want in the music business
and how an extraordinary range of influences continue to inspire her
[18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/santigold-on-musical-influences
Featured Topic
[19]Syria Revolts
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19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/syria-revolts
Months of anti-government protests; a brutal response by the authorities.
But what's really going on in Syria? It's all here [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/syria-revolts
Reader Recommendations
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25. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#gfc2
26. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[27]Book of the Day
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27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/1491-by-charles-c-mann
[28]1491 by Charles C Mann
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/1491-by-charles-c-mann
[29]Colin Calloway says: “Mann shows that the Americas were not just an
empty world waiting for Europeans to arrive – but a place where there were
great cities” [30]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/colin-calloway-on-native-americans-and-colonisers
30. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[31]The Social Network 2 (Official Trailer)
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos/social-network-2-official-trailer
World without Facebook. "I'd like to request that you be my friend"
[32]More videos
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32. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[33]Andrew Brown, on Catholic dogma
Links:
33. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2011/nov/23/pope-rejection-holy-war-applaud
"Whatever is forbidden is what's actually going on"
[34]More quotes
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34. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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