Newsletter 773
[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]One Man Against The Wall Street Lobby
Links:
6. http://b.rw/Nv4BS7
Simon Johnson | Baseline Scenario | 25 August 2012
"There is a powerful new voice who knows how big banks really work and
who is willing to tell the truth in great and convincing detail." Jeff
Connaughton's memoir is a "damning critique of how Wall Street
operates" [7]Comments
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/articles/one-man-against-wall-street-lobby
[8]Death Takes A Policy
Links:
8. http://b.rw/PIHEwK
Jake Bernstein | Pro Publica | 24 August 2012
Rhode Island lawyer Joseph Caramadre found a loophole in state law that
allowed his clients to insure the lives of dying people, and collect
the death benefits. Clever, callous, or even criminal? Whichever, it's
a fine story [9]Comments
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/articles/death-takes-policy
[10]Copying Works: How Samsung’s Decision To Mimic Apple Paid Off in Spades
Links:
10. http://b.rw/Ojo2Or
Farhad Manjoo | Pando Daily | 25 August 2012
Samsung pays $1bn, may face injuctions. But look at bigger picture.
When the iPhone emerged, competitors reacted three ways. Nokia ignored
it, Palm tried to leapfrog it, Samsung copied it. Right choice! Samsung
alone has thrived [11]Comments
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/articles/copying-works-how-samsung’s-decision-mimic-apple-paid-spades
[12]Lapdance Of Danger, Or Big Trouble In Steamy Tampa
Links:
12. http://b.rw/Nv3UIp
Rick Wilson | Ricochet | 24 August 2012
"So, you're going to Tampa for the Republican National Convention.
Welcome to my home town, which is, to quote the classics, a hive of
scum and villainy." Just don't go near Kitty McTitty's Boom Boom Room,
ok? (h/t @polit2k) [13]Comments
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/articles/lapdance-danger-or-big-trouble-steamy-tampa
[14]Books And Bodies: On Organs And Literary Estates
Links:
14. http://b.rw/NNlh8O
Casey Cep | Paris Review | 22 August 2012
"Authorial intent, ever so difficult to divine, is usually at the
center of posthumous publishing controversies. Organ donation provides
an apt analogy. Books, like bodies, are not always the property of
their originators" [15]Comments
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/articles/books-and-bodies-organs-and-literary-estates
[16]Who Is Julian Assange? By The People Who Know Him Best
Links:
16. http://b.rw/Nv2PAo
Christine Assange, James Ball et al | Guardian | 24 August 2012
Fascinating. A kaleidoscope of colour and analysis on Assange the man,
by those who've dealt with him, worked with him, or known him as
friends or family. "I have two wars to stop. Will you be my Mary
Magdalene?" [17]Comments
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/articles/who-julian-assange-people-who-know-him-best
FiveBooks Interview
[18]Dan Ariely on Behavioural Economics
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/dan-ariely-on-behavioural-economics
We can all be more aware of our surroundings and our decision-making
process, says the professor of psychology and behavioural economics. He
recommends five books to help us maximise our prosperity and well-being
[19]Read on
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/dan-ariely-on-behavioural-economics
Featured Special Report
[20]Great Obituaries
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/great-obituaries
Raise a glass to life's characters with our collection of writing about
eventful, unconventional lives. RIP [21]Read on
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/reports/great-obituaries
Reader Recommendations
@[22]vallie Where the Mob Keeps Its Money | Roberto Saviano
[23]t.co/vFeaV7NY #[24]gfc2 #[25]browsings h/t @[26]nouriel
@[27]polit2kMore like this
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22. http://twitter.com/vallie
23. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/opinion/sunday/where-the-mob-keeps-its-money.html?_r=1&smid=tw-share
24. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#gfc2
25. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
26. http://twitter.com/nouriel
27. http://twitter.com/polit2k
Book of the Day
[28]Book of the Day
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/luzhin-defense-by-vladimir-nabokov
[29]The Luzhin Defense by Vladimir Nabokov
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/luzhin-defense-by-vladimir-nabokov
[30]Dominic Lawson says: “ The Luzhin Defense is far and away the best
novel written about chess players. It deals with chess and madness,
which is an intriguing topic” [31]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/dominic-lawson-on-chess
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[32]Trotsky's Assassination
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos/trotskys-assassination
Remembered by his grandson, Esteban Volkov, 86 [33]More videos
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33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[34]Italo Calvino, on classics
Links:
34. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1986/oct/09/why-read-the-classics/?pagination=false
"A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to
say"
[35]More quotes
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35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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