Newsletter 670
[1]All of our Best of the Moment article recommendations, plus
FiveBooks interviews and other selected content from thebrower.com
Links:
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[5]Barack Obama, The Great Deceiver
Links:
5. http://b.rw/JDQMR2
Yves Smith | Naked Capitalism | 14 May 2012
Scathing takedown of US president. "It isn’t simply that Obama lied.
Politicians lie. But there are norms for political lying. The depth and
dependability of Obama’s misrepresentation constitute a difference in
kind" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/barack-obama-great-deceiver
[7]As European Austerity Ends, So Could The Euro
Links:
7. http://b.rw/JeuaZl
Peter Boone & Simon Johnson | Bloomberg | 13 May 2012
"The euro currency is a malady that condemns at least a generation of
Greeks, Italians, Spaniards, Portuguese and Irish to the economic
infirmary." Politicians would do better to accept this and prepare for
an orderly dismantling [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/european-austerity-ends-so-could-euro
[9]The Wrong Carlos
Links:
9. http://b.rw/L5WT4O
Ed Pilkington | Guardian | 15 May 2012
Troubling story of Carlos DeLuna, executed in 1989 for the brutal
murder of a young woman. DeLuna always insisted that the killer was a
lookalike, Carlos Hernandez. But police denied Hernandez even existed.
They were wrong [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/wrong-carlos
[11]In Search Of The Money Gene
Links:
11. http://b.rw/L63VGK
Leon Neyfakh | Boston Globe | 13 May 2012
Is our financial behaviour decided by genes? A group of young
economists believe so. They've gone beyond neuroeconomics, and
established a new field – genoeconomics. Here's what they hope to
achieve. And the issues they face [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/search-money-gene
[13]Bullfighting Is Not A Sport, It Is A Tragedy
Links:
13. http://b.rw/JDPFRp
Ernest Hemingway | Hemingway Papers/Toronto Star | 7 May 2012
Hemingway's old paper, the Toronto Star, has launched a terrific new
project to republish his columns. In this piece, from 1923, Hemingway
describes the first bullfights he saw – an experience he was to revisit
in his first novel [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/bullfighting-not-sport-it-tragedy
[15]Broken Record
Links:
15. http://b.rw/MbIjZ1
James Wood | New Yorker | 14 May 2012
Captivating review of Laurent Binet's new historical novel "HHhH",
about rise and fall of Reinhard Heydrich. SS intelligence chief known
as "Himmler's brain". Planned Kristallnacht, convened infamous Wannsee
Conference. Assassinated [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/broken-record
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Robert Lacey on the Queen
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/robert-lacey-on-queen
As the Diamond Jubilee approaches, royal biographer Robert Lacey
considers the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II, her family history, and her
ambivalent relationship with Princess Diana [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/robert-lacey-on-queen
Featured Special Report
[19]France Changes Direction
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/france-changes-direction
Francois Hollande is the first Socialist to win a French presidential
election in more than 20 years. What change will he bring? [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/france-changes-direction
Reader Recommendations
[21]TorontoStar Shreddin’ in #[22]Yemen: Meet the skaters of
Sanaa [23]t.co/v9QGU8z9 via @[24]shephardm @[25]Jleerankin
[26]#browsings [27]More like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/TorontoStar
22. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#Yemen
23. http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1176491--shreddin-in-yemen-meet-the-skaters-of-sanaa
24. http://twitter.com/shephardm
25. http://twitter.com/Jleerankin
26. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
27. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[28]Book of the Day
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/red-ink-by-david-wessel
[29]Red Ink by David Wessel
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/red-ink-by-david-wessel
[30]Simon Johnson says: “I think we need more of these: Intelligent,
thoughtful, well-documented books that scare the pants off you and
convince you that action [on debt] is needed” [31]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/simon-johnson-on-why-economic-history-matters
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[32]Time-Lapse Map of Europe
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos/time-lapse-map-europe
How can Germany be so stable with a history like that?
[33]More videos
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[34]Barney Frank, on JP Morgan's $2bn trading loss
Links:
34. http://democrats.financialservices.house.gov/press/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=1469
"JP Morgan Chase, entirely without any help from the government has
lost, in this one set of transactions, five times the amount they
claim financial regulation is costing them"
[35]More quotes
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35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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