Newsletter 623
[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]Marx At 193
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5. http://b.rw/HjOff8
John Lanchester | London Review Of Books | 28 March 2012
Fine essay examines our modern capitalist society, through the lens of
Marx. "If you look at a large picture of the world, much of what he
predicted has come true." But there are some key areas where his
thinking went awry [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/marx-193
[7]Unforgiven, Unforgotten, Unresolved: Bosnia 20 Years On
Links:
7. http://b.rw/GYR2J1
Alec Russell | FT | 23 March 2012
A harrowing return. "To a casual visitor, Visegrad looks like any other
sleepy town in the southern Balkans. But the past here is unforgiven,
unforgotten, unresolved. The town is as it was at the end of the war"
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/unforgiven-unforgotten-unresolved-bosnia-20-years
[9]The Case For Raising Top Tax Rates
Links:
9. http://b.rw/HfwbTc
Eduardo Porter | NYT | 27 March 2012
"Research suggests not only that the government could raise much more
revenue by sharply raising the top tax rates paid by the richest
Americans, but it could do so without slowing economic growth." Ready
for an 80% top tax rate? [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/case-raising-top-tax-rates
[11]Modernism, Surrealism, And The Political Imaginary
Links:
11. http://b.rw/HqTc3E
Stephen Bronner | Logos | 19 March 2012
"The basic idea of surrealism is simple enough, and that defines its
power. Everyday life or the habitual reality we experience is a barrier
to the expression of those manifold and unspoken desires encoded in
dreams" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/modernism-surrealism-and-political-imaginary
[13]Who Was Casanova?
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13. http://b.rw/Hgv1Id
Tony Perrottet | Smithsonian | 23 March 2012
"Casanova lived from 1725 to 1798, and was a far more intellectual
figure than the gadabout playboy portrayed on film. He was a true
Enlightenment polymath, whose many achievements would put the likes of
Hugh Hefner to shame" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/who-was-casanova
[15]Speed Freak
Links:
15. http://b.rw/HlEQQH
Tim Neville | Outside | 9 March 2012
Enthralling profile of speed climber Ueli Steck, "The Swiss Machine".
Conquered the Eiger in under three hours, the Matterhorn in less than
two. Without a rope, or so much as a sniff of an oxygen mask. Which
left only the Himalaya [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/speed-freak
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Nancy Goldstone on Strong Women in Bad Marriages
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/nancy-goldstone-on-strong-women-bad-marriages
The author of The Maid and the Queen takes us on an enjoyable ride
through European history, looking at well-connected women who outwitted
their husbands or asserted their independence[18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/nancy-goldstone-on-strong-women-bad-marriages
Featured Special Report
[19]Film
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/film
What do film directors read? Is screenwriting literature? What are the
best Indian films? Is there fame in film subtitling? All this and more,
answered [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/film
Reader Recommendations
@[21]BBC_Future The story behind the Batman who was pulled over on
Route 29 is the feelgood story of the day.
[22]t.co/9f47kRom #[23]browsings
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21. http://twitter.com/BBC_Future
22. http://t.co/9f47kRom
23. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
[24]More like this
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24. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[25]Book of the Day
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25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/theory-leisure-class-by-thorstein-veblen
[26]The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/theory-leisure-class-by-thorstein-veblen
[27]Robert Reich says: “It was a critique of consumerism, but
particularly a critique of consumerism by the very wealthy. Veblen
coined the phrase 'conspicuous consumption'” [28]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/robert-reich-on-saving-capitalism-and-democracy
28. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[29]Iranian Lawyer Fights To Save Juveniles From Execution
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos/iranian-lawyer-fights-save-juveniles-execution
Nicely done. Moving
[30]More videos
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30. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[31]Hugh Grant, on ambition
Links:
31. http://twitter.com/TerenceBlacker/status/184565385503309824
"It’s more comfortable to think you could write a novel, than to
discover that you can’t"
[32]More quotes
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32. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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