Newsletter 533
[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]Marginal Revolutionaries
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5. http://b.rw/tD4Y7M
Anonymous | Economist | 27 December 2011
Economic debate abandons academy for blogosphere. Dissenters and radicals
thrive there, helped by "massive disillusion with mainstream economics"
after 2008 crash. Austrians, market monetarists, neo-chartalists gain ground
[6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/marginal-revolutionaries
[7]Apocalypse City
Links:
7. http://b.rw/vBfUtE
Colin Thubron | NYRB | 22 December 2011
Many have tried to write about Jerusalem; few have really succeeded. Too
often the result is either partisanship or pallid tact. Not so with Simon
Sebag Montefiore, whose recent biography receives Thubron's admiring
attention [8]Comments
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8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/apocalypse-city
[9]Obituary: Sir Michael Dummett
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9. http://b.rw/rRHKeU
A.W. Moore | Guardian | 28 December 2011
Analytical philosopher: "The philosophy of language is the foundation of all
other philosophy." Follower of Frege. Other passions: backward causation,
immigration, Catholicism, voting procedures, tarot cards, English grammar
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/obituary-sir-michael-dummett
[11]Clear Lines
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11. http://b.rw/vqvh7x
Jenny Hendrix | LA Review of Books | 27 December 2011
On the comic-book artist Hergé, and his creation Tintin. Instructive,
precise, enduring stories. "An aesthetic prototype of the 20th century. A
forerunner of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, Indiana Jones and John Le
Carré". [12]Comments
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12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/clear-lines
[13]The Big Lie
Links:
13. http://b.rw/tfYeSk
Michael Thomas | Newsweek | 26 December 2011
Wall St has fallen back on a lie as old as capitalism itself. "This time,
however, I don’t think the argument that 'Washington ate my homework' is
going to work. This time, a firestorm is going to explode about the
Street’s head" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/big-lie
[15]The Case For Enhancing People
Links:
15. http://b.rw/sRHVXi
Ronald Bailey | New Atlantis | 20 December 2011
Fascinating essay defends use of biotech, nanotech to enhance human
capabilities - physical, intellectual, emotional. "People who don’t want
enhancement for themselves should allow those of us who do to go forward
without hindrance" [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/case-enhancing-people
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Best of FiveBooks on History
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/history-best-fivebooks
Our end-of-year run collecting gems from the archives continues with history
books – from when Anabaptists got violent to the story of Cromwell’s
decapitated head [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/history-best-fivebooks
Featured Special Report
[19]Revolution In Libya
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/revolution-libya
After 42 years of brutality and repression, the era of Gaddafi is over.
Here's what his rule meant for Libyans, how they ended it, and where the
country is headed now [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/revolution-libya
Reader Recommendations
@polit2k The social benefit of pension funds | Felix Salmon t.co/wip9ejMq
#browsings #gfc2 [21]More like this
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21. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[22]Book of the Day
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22. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/chronicles-by-bob-dylan
[23]Chronicles by Bob Dylan
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/chronicles-by-bob-dylan
[24]Greil Marcus says: “It's a marvellous, eyes-wide-open
partial-autobiography. It's also wonderfully written – the words are alive
on the page” [25]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/greil-marcus-on-rock-music
25. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[26]Dealing With Slow Walkers
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/videos/dealing-slow-walkers
Only one idea here, and it's played out in the first 40 seconds, but it's a
lovely idea [27]More videos
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27. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[28]Roger Ebert, on "Armageddon"
Links:
28. http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2011/12/test_in_the_meadow.html
"No matter what they're charging to get in, it's worth more to get out"
[29]More quotes
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29. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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