Newsletter 521
[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]Exactly What Is Crony Capitalism, Anyway?
Links:
5. http://b.rw/td03rG
Bill Frezza | RealClearMarkets | 12 December 2011
A timely distinction: Crony capitalists vs market capitalists. Crony
capitalists use "coercive powers of government to gain an advantage they
could not earn in the market". Market capitalists subscribe to "may the best
products win" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/exactly-what-crony-capitalism-anyway
[7]Meet The Internet’s Newest Boy Genius
Links:
7. http://b.rw/snmNa3
Om Malik | Gigaom | 13 December 2011
"In my life I have met many smart people — Jeff Bezos, Andy Bechtolsheim,
Larry Page, Andy Grove, Sergey Brin, Vinod Khosla and Bret Taylor. D’Aloisio
belongs with them, I am convinced." This is the story of a remarkable 16
year old [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/meet-internet’s-newest-boy-genius
[9]The Real Legacy Of Nelson Mandela
Links:
9. http://b.rw/uqW53X
Peter Godwin | WSJ | 10 December 2011
"If anyone was well positioned to launch a political personality cult it was
Mr Mandela. His refusal to do so is probably his greatest legacy to his
homeland. It set S Africa on a course different from most other African
nations" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/real-legacy-nelson-mandela
[11]Do You Get It Now, Prime Minister?
Links:
11. http://b.rw/ullbsM
Richard Dawkins | New Statesman | 14 December 2011
Open letter to David Cameron, on faith schools: "A diverse and largely
secular country such as Britain should not privilege the religious over the
non-religious, or impose or underwrite religion in any aspect of public
life" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/do-you-get-it-now-prime-minister
[13]Top Economists Reveal Their Graphs Of 2011
Links:
13. http://b.rw/uXkGqE
Various | BBC | 13 December 2011
Fascinating. Series of graphs selected, annotated by 12 leading economists
to illustrate financial turmoil of 2011. Plenty to interest, especially
graph six: Why is the private sector paying down debt with interest rates so
low? [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/top-economists-reveal-their-graphs-2011
[15]Consider The Oyster Farm
Links:
15. http://b.rw/t24NWu
Tamar Haspel | Gilt Taste | 5 December 2011
Charming story of couple who moved to Cape Cod to farm oysters. "How hard
can it be?" thought Haspel, when her husband suggested it. Oysters are
impervious to bad weather, can't run away and don't need feeding. Right?
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/consider-oyster-farm
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Daron Acemoglu on Inequality
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/daron-acemoglu-on-inequality
The US, the UK and many other countries have become far less equal over the
past 30 years. The MIT economics professor says it's important we understand
how and why this happened, and what it means for our societies [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/daron-acemoglu-on-inequality
Featured Special Report
[19]Murdoch Empire In Crisis
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/murdoch-empire-crisis
A tabloid phone-hacking scandal has left Rupert Murdoch's British media
empire tottering. Can the Murdochs contain the fallout from the revelations?
And what has the scandal revealed about the state of journalism and politics
today? Read on to find out [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/murdoch-empire-crisis
Reader Recommendations
[21]polit2k MT @I[22]an_Fraser: More evidence 4 London's status as global
capital of fraud? [23]t.co/Kuzw1VUy #[24]infiniterehypothecation #[25]gfc2
[26]#browsings [27]More like this
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22. http://twitter.com/Ian_Fraser
23. http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article32087.html
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25. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#gfc2
26. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
27. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[28]Book of the Day
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28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/hound-baskervilles-by-sir-arthur-conan-doyle
[29]The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/hound-baskervilles-by-sir-arthur-conan-doyle
[30]Michael Dirda says: “The hound from hell really gives the story an air
of the uncanny that readers love. The idea of the curse of the Baskervilles
is especially brilliant” [31]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/michael-dirda-on-sherlock-holmes
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[32]Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos/why-we-have-too-few-women-leaders
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has a few ideas
[33]More videos
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33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[34]Maud Newton, on delay
Links:
34. http://twitter.com/maudnewton/status/146384694437625856
"I don't think of it as procrastination. I think of it as allowing my work
to accumulate urgency"
[35]More quotes
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35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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