Newsletter 510
[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]Wall Street Is Already Occupied
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5. http://b.rw/tpni3l
Jesse Eisinger | ProPublica | 30 November 2011
Eisinger's piece is a great example why we should hate the amorphous term
"Wall Street." Inside the world of finance, there's a "secret confederacy"
who knows the game is rigged and wants change [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/wall-street-already-occupied
[7]How Assad Stayed In Power
Links:
7. http://b.rw/sW9LsR
Tony Badran | Foreign Affairs | 1 December 2011
Russia has blocked UN action. It sees Syria as buffer against Turkey, ally
against US, and base for projecting power into Middle East. Danger comes
from Turkey—which has been slow to back Syrian rebels, but is doing so now
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-assad-stayed-power
[9]How Paulson Gave Hedge Funds Advance Word Of Fannie Mae Rescue
Links:
9. http://b.rw/rTHm1S
Richard Teitelbaum | Bloomberg Markets Magazine | 29 November 2011
More than three years later, we're still unwinding the cozy pre-crisis
relationship Wall Street maintained with its regulators. At minimum, this
story suggests a profound carelessness by one of America's most powerful
regulators [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-paulson-gave-hedge-funds-advance-word-fannie-mae-rescue
[11]Welcome To The Age Of Overparenting
Links:
11. http://b.rw/rGO07z
Katherine Ozment | Boston Magazine | 30 November 2011
Cautionary tale of modern parenting: "I’d bought into the self-esteem dogma
— the idea that bathing our children in good feeling and positive
reinforcement arms them with the confidence they need to lead better lives."
A mistake [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/welcome-age-overparenting
[13]The Surveillance Catalog
Links:
13. http://b.rw/rOrJKc
Anonymous | WSJ | 18 November 2011
Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean there isn't a vast
multibillion-dollar industry dedicated to tracking your every move. WSJ has
a ground-breaking and frightening display of industry documents [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/surveillance-catalog
[15]Is Pricey Champagne Worth It?
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15. http://b.rw/tU46dw
Alex Halberstadt | Gilt Taste | 29 November 2011
Depends. Worst thing you can do is buy expensive vintage champagne and then
drink it too soon, before flavours have developed. Much is drunk this way
though. People can't be bothered to wait. But there are alternatives
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/pricey-champagne-worth-it
FiveBooks Interview
[17]David Lammy on Context of the UK Riots
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-lammy-on-context-uk-riots
We're richer and freer as a society than we used to be but it's now clear
there are downsides too. The MP for Tottenham, where the riots began, says
we've created a hyper-individualistic culture and explains how we must
change it [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-lammy-on-context-uk-riots
Featured Special Report
[19]Epic Adventures
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19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/epic-adventures
Extreme tourism, unwise adventure and plain bad luck. Enjoy it all from the
comfort of your armchair [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/epic-adventures
Reader Recommendations
[21]polit2k The Spectator runs false sea-level claims on its cover | Mark
Lynas and George Monbiot [22]t.co/KvOq0jWkvia @[23]guardian #[24]browsings
[25]More like this
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25. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[26]Book of the Day
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26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/divided-soul-by-david-ritz
[27]Divided Soul by David Ritz
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/divided-soul-by-david-ritz
[28]Santigold says: _“It gives you a sense of the struggles Marvin Gaye went
through, as an artist and as a man. It’s so wonderfully written and really
riveting”_ [29]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/santigold-on-musical-influences
29. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[30]What's That Line Again?
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30. http://thebrowser.com/videos/whats-line-again
Everyone else has made fun of Rick Perry. So now it's Rick Perry's turn
[31]More videos
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31. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[32]Karl Smith, on confidence
Links:
32. http://modeledbehavior.com/2011/12/01/the-confidence-game
"There is never a shortage of empire builders. There is only a shortage of
people willing to lend to empire builders"
[33]More quotes
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33. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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