Newsletter 540
[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]Putin And The Uses Of History
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5. http://b.rw/xKTc9g
Fiona Hill & Clifford Gaddy | National Interest | 4 January 2012
Intriguing profile of Russian leader. Canny, persuasive, able to “disappear
in a crowd of two", he plays the tough-man for show. An avid student of
Russia's past, now he's the "writer, manufacturer, and manipulator of
history" [6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/putin-and-uses-history
[7]How Banks Are Using Your Money To Create The Next Crash
Links:
7. http://b.rw/xX8zKV
Keith Fitz-Gerald | Money Morning | 4 January 2012
"Banks, trading houses are leveraging your money to increase their profits
– just as in the run-up to the last financial crisis. Only this time, things
may be worse." It's time to understand the concept of "rehypothecation"
[8]Comments
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8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-banks-are-using-iyouri-money-create-next-crash
[9]The Decline Of The Public Good
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9. http://b.rw/A4beA8
Robert Reich | Robert Reich | 4 January 2012
Idea of public institutions is that they're paid for by all, especially the
well-off, and available to all. America is now shifting to a system of
private goods, available only to the rich, and supported by the rest of us
[10]Comments
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10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/decline-public-good
[11]Inside The 'Ndrangheta
Links:
11. http://b.rw/yOt6AD
Andreas Ulrich | Spiegel | 4 January 2012
Profile of Calabrian mafia. Main business: Cocaine wholesaling. "Our
customers in Germany are mostly pimps and a large biker gang. We deliver in
units of 50 to 70 kilograms." Biggest headache: How to invest all the
profits [12]Comments
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12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/inside-ndrangheta
[13]The Big Russian Life Of Anna Chapman, Ex-Spy
Links:
13. http://b.rw/zyYkqh
Brett Forrest | Capital New York | 4 January 2012
Remember her? Of course you do. Now with her own TV show and luxury
lifestyle bankrolled by financial arm of Russian space agency. But is she a
manufactured Russian hero and sham, or was she something more serious?
[14]Comments
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14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/big-russian-life-anna-chapman-ex-spy
[15]Against Pepper
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15. http://b.rw/wwEoRd
Sarah Dickerman | Slate | 4 January 2012
What's so special about pepper, that it gets to sit next to the salt on
almost every dining table? It's a fine spice, but by no means a universal
one. Why not salt and cumin, or salt and coriander, or salt and soy sauce?
[16]Comments
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16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/against-pepper
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Orville Schell on China and the US
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/orville-schell-on-china-and-us
The changing relationship between China and America will be one of the
defining foreign policy issues of our times. To understand its dynamic, says
the sinologist, we must take account of China's lingering sense of
victimhood [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/orville-schell-on-china-and-us
Featured Special Report
[19]Euro On The Brink
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/euro-brink
What's going wrong with the euro? Can the problem be contained? If so, how?
And what if it isn't? Read on to find out [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/euro-brink
Reader Recommendations
@shuja_x: RT @viewpointmag: On occupations, "electro-communism," and
becoming a mother. t.co/QNuGyHzr #browsings [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/man’s-search-meaning-by-viktor-e-frankl
[23]Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E Frankl
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23. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/man’s-search-meaning-by-viktor-e-frankl
[24]Roman Krznaric says: “Frankl’s time in concentration camps was
enlightening for him. He noticed that those most likely to survive had what
he called a 'will to meaning'” [25]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/roman-krznaric-on-art-living
25. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[26]Iowa Nice
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/videos/iowa-nice
You think you know Iowa? Think again. (Some swearing, but try not to mind)
[27]More videos
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27. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[28]Sophie Pinkham, on Kim Kardashian
Links:
28. http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/01/05/the-wedding-party
"Marriage is no longer the inevitable result of a wedding"
[29]More quotes
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29. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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