Newsletter 513
[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]Funny Money
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5. http://b.rw/vqJCFR
Grant Robertson | Globe & Mail | 3 December 2011
In 2004 Canadian police stopped a suspicious vehicle on the highway. Inside
they uncovered stacks of C$20 notes. Near perfect counterfeit. A forgery so
widespread it forced a radical re-think of the entire nation's physical
currency [6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/funny-money
[7]Why America Should Care About The Collapse Of European Unity
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7. http://b.rw/u4Ly86
Simon Schama | Newsweek | 4 December 2011
"As resentment mounts, there is a real possibility of a recoil from the
assumption of mutual dependence on which postwar European — and indeed
Atlantic — prosperity was founded." British historian explains why this
should be avoided [8]Comments
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8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-america-should-care-about-collapse-european-unity
[9]Mind Reader
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9. http://b.rw/sRn7Mc
Richard Marshall | 3AM Magazine | 2 December 2011
Philosophy and psychology might seem unlikely bedfellows. Not to Peter
Carruthers, a philosopher and "theoretical psychologist". Works on the mind,
consciousness: "There is no such thing as conscious choice or conscious
decision" [10]Comments
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10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/mind-reader
[11]One Cheer For The Egyptian Elections
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11. http://b.rw/uLOGdm
Hussein Ibish | Now Lebanon | 6 December 2011
Muslim Brotherhood party did best. No surprise there. They were the best
organised. But now they want to govern, pitting them against Egypt's
military rulers, who have their own interests to pursue. Future is fraught,
murky [12]Comments
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12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/one-cheer-egyptian-elections
[13]How Investigators Unravelled Europe's Biggest-Ever Fake-Medicine Scam
Links:
13. http://b.rw/rAyEJN
Nayanah Siva | Wired UK | 29 November 2011
Story of sting operation that ensnared one of China's most prolific drug
counterfeiters. From Viagra to Tamiflu, Kevin Xu was making millions
exporting fake medicines to Europe. His downfall? His wife's love of
diamonds [14]Comments
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14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-investigators-unravelled-europes-biggest-ever-fake-medicine-scam
[15]I Spy
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15. http://b.rw/sjzPDH
Anthony Lane | New Yorker | 5 December 2011
"The secret services are the only real expression of a nation’s character."
Not a bad motto for Le Carré's _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_. This is an
engrossing comparison of book, 1970s TV series and recent film [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/i-spy
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Peter James on Crime Fiction
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/peter-james-on-crime-fiction
The best crime novels grip you right from the first sentence and don’t let
go. We asked a bestselling crime author to tell us about his favourite
examples of the genre [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/peter-james-on-crime-fiction
Featured Special Report
[19]Time
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/time
What is it? Why isn't it the same everywhere? Can we travel through time?
Will there be an end to time? Read on to find out [20]Read on
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20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/time
Reader Recommendations
_@paulstpancras_ RT _@polit2k_: The Impoverished “Asian Century” - Chandran
Nair - Project Syndicate [21]t.co/3FopBg8k via _@ProSyn #oped #browsings
#gfc2 #gd2_[22]More like this
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21. http://t.co/3FopBg8k
22. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[23]Book of the Day
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23. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/human-stain-by-philip-roth
[24]The Human Stain by Philip Roth
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/human-stain-by-philip-roth
[25]Claire Fox says: “This novel shows how doing things in the name of
tolerance can lead to a right old mess” [26]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/claire-fox-on-freedom-speech
26. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[27]Rebuilding The America We Love
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27. http://thebrowser.com/videos/rebuilding-america-we-love
I am Newt Gingrich. And I approve this wishful thinking [28]More videos
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28. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[29]Douglas Allen, on accountability
Links:
29. http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2011/12/the-institutional-revolution
"Men, when they know they can blame nature, will behave badly"
[30]More quotes
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30. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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