Newsletter 555
[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]Does Austerity Promote Economic Growth?
Links:
5. http://b.rw/wiQ9Xi
Robert Shiller | Project Syndicate | 18 January 2012
"The outcome of government deficit reduction is never entirely predictable,
so we can ask only how likely such a plan is to succeed in restoring
economic prosperity." Which Shiller does, by looking at available historical
data [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/does-austerity-promote-economic-growth
[7]The Years Of Stagnation And The Poodles Of Power
Links:
7. http://b.rw/yqZlNg
Adam Curtis | BBC | 18 January 2012
Typically provocative blog post compares West of today with Soviet Union of
1980s. Clearly many differences but similarities Curtis finds are striking
– disillusion with politics, economics, corrupt technocrats, vacuous society
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/years-stagnation-and-poodles-power
[9]The New Philosophy Of Cosmology
Links:
9. http://b.rw/zer8dD
Ross Anderson | The Atlantic | 19 January 2012
Fascinating. Interview with Tim Maudlin, a philosopher at forefront of a
whole new field – the philosophy of cosmology. Where science runs out of
answers – what is time, what happened before the Big Bang – is where his
work starts [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/new-philosophy-cosmology
[11]Swallowed By A Whale
Links:
11. http://b.rw/wONmYg
Ben Shattuck | Salon | 15 January 2012
Could it happen? Yes, but you wouldn't live to tell the tale. "You would
first be chewed. Sperm whales’ teeth are 8 inches long." If you survived
that, you'd be suffocated in the throat. Or liquefied by acids in the
stomach [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/swallowed-whale
[13]Good King John
Links:
13. http://b.rw/yMRKJ6
Graham Seel | History Today | 19 January 2012
Belated attempt to rescue reputation of John, often described as worst king
in English history. Monastic chroniclers who criticised him had axes to
grind. Other sources paint surprisingly different picture [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/good-king-john
[15]The Sound Of Silence
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15. http://b.rw/xBCzi1
Virginia Morell | Condé Nast Traveler | 4 January 2012
Lovely piece of travel writing on joy of tranquility. “In cities, we want to
shut out the noise; we turn on our iPods and make our world smaller. In a
national park, people do the opposite: They expand their world by listening"
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/sound-silence
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Will Hutton on Fairness and Inequality
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/will-hutton-on-fairness-and-inequality
In contemporary capitalist societies, some inequality is inevitable and
desirable. But the rewards for the few at the top have soared while the rest
have been squeezed. We need a new social contract, says the author and
columnist [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/will-hutton-on-fairness-and-inequality
Featured Special Report
[19]Ali and Frazier
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/ali-and-frazier
Three fights against each other, two of the greatest heavyweight boxers of
all time, one hell of a story [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/ali-and-frazier
Reader Recommendations
_@polit2k _RT _@Marcos_Eco_Pol_: Emerging-market multinationals: The rise of
state capitalism | The Economist [21]t.co/i7M5fviv #gfc2 [22]#browsings
[23]More like this
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22. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
23. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[24]Book of the Day
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24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/out-their-league-by-david-meggyesy
[25]Out of their League by David Meggyesy
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/out-their-league-by-david-meggyesy
[26]Rick Telander says: “Meggyesy shatters the myths. He writes about the
brutality of [American] football and the cruelty of coaches. He makes clear
that winning comes at a steep price” [27]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/rick-telander-on-american-football-and-its-dark-side
27. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[28]Newt Gingrich Wins The GOP Debate
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/videos/gingrich-wins-gop-debate
Politics done right. Newt Gingrich's South Carolina surge explained in three
minutes [29]More videos
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29. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[30]Slavoj Zizek, on work
Links:
30. http://www.lrb.co.uk/2012/01/11/slavoj-zizek/the-revolt-of-the-salaried-bourgeoisie
"The chance of being exploited in a long-term job is now experienced as a
privilege"
[31]More quotes
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31. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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