Newsletter 694
[1]All of our Best of the Moment article recommendations, plus
FiveBooks interviews and other selected content from thebrower.com
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[6]Tails Of The Unexpected
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6. http://b.rw/MsS6Vz
Andrew Haldane | Bank Of England | 8 June 2012
It used to be accepted wisdom that economic and financial systems
behave "normally". But they don't. We know that now. The risk of
catastrophe is higher than we thought, and increasing. Here's why, and
what we must do about it (PDF) [7]Comments
Links:
7. https://thebrowser.com/articles/tails-unexpected
[8]Bringing The Battlefield To The Border
Links:
8. http://b.rw/KgsBwG
Todd Miller | Huffington Post/TomDispatch | 7 June 2012
Setting up lines of control over human movement is a more recent
phenomenon than we might suppose. US-Mexico border has changed
unimaginably in past 20 years. This piece gives a sense of where
militarisation of borders is leading [9]Comments
Links:
9. https://thebrowser.com/articles/bringing-battlefield-border
[10]Putin Between Assad And Mubarak
Links:
10. http://b.rw/Li76bk
Alexander Golts | Moscow Times | 6 June 2012
Why does Putin support Assad? Yes, there are arms sales, port
facilities, other economic links, as well as a wish for Russian
influence in the region to counter US. But there may be a deeper reason
too [11]Comments
Links:
11. https://thebrowser.com/articles/putin-between-assad-and-mubarak
[12]The Accidental Empire
Links:
12. http://b.rw/NNdA2I
George Soros | Project Syndicate | 7 June 2012
Germany will do enough to hold eurozone together, but no more. Division
between debtor and creditor countries will become permanent, with
Germany dominating a depressed hinterland. "It is a tragedy of policy
errors" [13]Comments
Links:
13. https://thebrowser.com/articles/accidental-empire
[14]Interview With Greek Writer Nikos Dimou
Links:
14. http://b.rw/NNbvnw
Julia Amalia Heyer and Britta Sandberg | Spiegel | 7 June 2012
"Modern Greeks suffer from knowing what the ancient Greeks
accomplished. Being caught somewhere between east and west, ancient
glory and present poverty, orthodoxy and enlightenment, has left the
Greeks with an identity problem" [15]Comments
Links:
15. https://thebrowser.com/articles/interview-greek-writer-nikos-dimou
[16]Who Will Get PTSD?
Links:
16. http://b.rw/L9T7lW
Paul Kix | Boston Globe | 3 June 2012
On recent PTSD research, and ethical issues raised: "If it becomes
possible to screen enlistees for their vulnerability to PTSD, is it
fair to keep some out of combat and send in others, especially in an
all-volunteer military" [17]Comments
Links:
17. https://thebrowser.com/articles/who-will-get-ptsd
FiveBooks Interview
[18]John Dickie on the Italian Mafia
Links:
18. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-dickie-on-italian-mafia
The three biggest Italian mafias remain a powerful presence, with
tentacles reaching deep inside Italian business and politics. The
author of Mafia Brotherhoods busts the myth that it’s all in the family
[19]Read on
Links:
19. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-dickie-on-italian-mafia
Featured Special Report
[20]Mitt Romney
Links:
20. https://thebrowser.com/reports/mitt-romney
He has clawed his way to the finishing line for the Republican party
nomination. But what makes the man who would be president tick?
[21]Read on
Links:
21. https://thebrowser.com/reports/mitt-romney
Reader Recommendations
@[22]damienjoyce Interesting interview with David Graeber in ArtForum
[23]t.co/hvzKf8ew #[24]browsings #[25]longreads
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22. http://twitter.com/damienjoyce
23. http://t.co/hvzKf8ew
24. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
25. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#longreads
[26]More like this
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26. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[27]Book of the Day
Links:
27. https://thebrowser.com/recommended/damascus-hidden-treasures-old-city-by-brigid-keenan
[28]Damascus by Brigid Keenan
Links:
28. https://thebrowser.com/recommended/damascus-hidden-treasures-old-city-by-brigid-keenan
[29]Nikolaos van Dam says: “This book about Damascus lifts the tip of
the veil of the many, many beauties that Syria has” [30]FiveBooks
Archive
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/nikolaos-van-dam-on-syria
30. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[31]Putin's Watch Collection
Links:
31. https://thebrowser.com/videos/putins-watch-collection
Vladimir Putin. Declared income: $112,000. Reported value of
wristwatches: $680,000
[32]More videos
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32. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[33]Kevin Kelly, on paid content
Links:
33. http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/02/kevin-kelly-free.html
"You can get anything you want free if you wait long enough. You pay
for immediacy"
[34]More quotes
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34. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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