Newsletter 853
Best of the Moment
Hayek, Friedman, And The Illusions of Conservative Economics
Robert Solow | New Republic | 16 November 2012
Long review-essay pegged to Angus Burgin's book "The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free Markets since the Depression". Solow sees Hayek as the deeper and more pragmatic thinker; Friedman as a step back, more brittle and dogmatic Comments (https://thebrowser.com/articles/hayek-friedman-and-illusions-conservative-economics)
Berlin In The Golden Twenties
Mathias Schreiber | Siegel | 23 November 2012
Brilliant era for the arts: Bauhaus, Grosz, Dix, Brecht, Musil, Hindemith. High society flourished between 1923 hyperinflation and 1929 crash. Then came the Nazis. "The arts blossomed like a meadow just before being mowed" Comments (https://thebrowser.com/articles/berlin-golden-twenties)
Question Of Identity
Simon Kuper | FT | 23 November 2012
"Today’s secessionist movements don’t betoken the rise of nationalism in Europe. They betoken almost the exact opposite: the waning of the nation-state. We ditch old redundant nation-states to create new redundant nation-states" Comments (https://thebrowser.com/articles/questionof-identity)
The Monumental Folly Of Rent-Seeking
John Kay | John Kay/FT | 21 November 2012
Like many visitors to India, John Kay visited the Taj Mahal. Unlike many visitors, he asked economic questions. Shah Jahan built a beautiful building; his court also epitomised the rent-seeking that afflicts Western economies today Comments (https://thebrowser.com/articles/monumental-folly-rent-seeking)
Good Gas, Bad Gas
Marianne Lavelle | National Geographic | 16 November 2012
Methane. "Burn natural gas and it warms your house. But let it leak, from fracked wells or the melting Arctic, and it warms the whole planet." Arctic methane could add a lot to global warming. Is there any way of capturing it? Comments (https://thebrowser.com/articles/good-gas-bad-gas)
Is It Acceptable to Have Children?
Choire Sicha and Ken Layne | Awl | 21 November 2012
Conversation. "There's the wholly personal reasons, the wanting to be part of a blood-relation community, the semi-belief that there is good in that, even when you're wondering about the legality of selling your kids on eBay" Comments (https://thebrowser.com/articles/it-acceptable-have-children)
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FiveBooks Interview
(https://thebrowser.com/interviews/steven-amsterdam-on-worry)
Steven Amsterdam on Worry
The author tells us about books that have anxiety at their heart, ranging from obsessional love and chronic neurosis to conspiracy theory paranoia and existential angst Read on (https://thebrowser.com/interviews/steven-amsterdam-on-worry)
Featured Special Report
(https://thebrowser.com/reports/air-travel)
Air Travel
Airlines opened to us a world of thrilling possibility. But, for many, flying is still a terrifying prospect. Crashes, though rare, do happen. And then there are the security procedures bequeathed to us by 9/11 Read on (https://thebrowser.com/reports/air-travel)
Reader Recommendations
@polit2k (http://twitter.com/polit2k) : Online course of the day, investing department - Felix Salmon t.co/JYNe7YWJ #browsings (http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings) #ponzi (http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#ponzi)
More like this (http://thebrowser.com/browsings)
Book of the Day
Book of the Day (https://thebrowser.com/recommended/violence-our-deadly-epidemic-and-its-causes-by-james-gilligan)
Violence by James Gilligan
Lord Alderdic says (http://thebrowser.com/interviews/lord-alderdice-on-psychology-terrorism) : As I was working in Northern Ireland, trying to understand why people from both sides felt their community had been disrespected and humiliated, I met a forensic psychotherapist called Estela Welldon.
FiveBooks Archive (http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive)
Quote of the Day
E.B. White, on writing (http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/11/20/daily-routines-writers)
"A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper"
More quotes (http://thebrowser.com/quotations)