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[5]Has America Become an Oligarchy?
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5. http://b.rw/rObVTu
Thomas Schulz | Spiegel | 28 October 2011
"Economists and political scientists believe the US has entered a new Gilded
Age, a period of systematic inequality dominated by a new class of
super-rich." Fine essay looks at the state of US society, politics and the
economy [6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/has-america-become-oligarchy
[7]How Walking Through A Doorway Increases Forgetting
Links:
7. http://b.rw/vaZDhL
Christian Jarrett | BPS Research Digest | 1 November 2011
Intriguing look at new memory research. Appears that the simple act of
walking through a door from one room to another adversely affects our
ability to recall events that occurred in the first room. Why on earth would
this be? [8]Comments
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8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-walking-through-doorway-increases-forgetting
[9]Greece Has Poured Vinegar On The G20's Frites
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9. http://b.rw/sqqEEZ
Paul Mason | BBC | 3 November 2011
Terrific pull-together analysis of European and American economic strife,
and a great read to boot. All the stories of protest and uncertainty are
merging into one big story – the crisis of globalisation [10]Comments
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10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/greece-has-poured-vinegar-g20s-frites
[11]Is It Ever Right To Hit A Child?
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11. http://b.rw/uuRYKg
David Walkling | Telegraph | 1 November 2011
Of course not, says any progressive parent. But what about the times when
you can't help yourself, and when it really does seem to be deserved?
"Nothing worked. The smack cut straight to the point. Don’t do that again,
it said" [12]Comments
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12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/it-ever-right-hit-child
[13]The Shadow Superpower
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13. http://b.rw/tEpNuL
Robert Neuwirth | Foreign Policy | 28 October 2011
Introduction to the shadow economic world of "System D", or "l'economie de
la débrouillardise." A black market economy, free of regulation and
taxation. With 1.8 billion jobs and a $10 trillion global market, is it the
future? [14]Comments
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14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/shadow-superpower
[15]King Of Kings
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15. http://b.rw/tb7qaw
Jon Lee Anderson | New Yorker | 31 October 2011
Fine essay charts history, political legacy of former Libyan leader. And the
chaotic series of events that led to his capture and death. "Gaddafi had
created a know-nothing state, and that, too, he had left behind"
[16]Comments
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16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/king-kings
[17]A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs
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17. http://b.rw/vyoV19
Mona Simpson | NYT | 30 October 2011
Powerful, emotional, and intimate, tribute to former Apple boss from his
sister. "What I learned from my brother’s death was that character is
essential: What he was, was how he died. Death didn’t happen to Steve, he
achieved it" [18]Comments
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/articles/sister’s-eulogy-steve-jobs
[19]The Movie Set That Ate Itself
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19. http://b.rw/tlh7nM
Michael Idov | GQ | 27 October 2011
Unmissable story of a most bizarre film project. A cast of thousands. Many
living full-time in a nightmare vision of 1950's Moscow. A totalitarian
society, under the control of a deranged director. Where the cameras are
always on [20]Comments
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/articles/movie-set-ate-itself
FiveBooks Interview
[21]Heather Brooke on Holding Power to Account
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/heather-brooke-on-holding-power-account
There is always a danger for journalists, particularly when you cover
powerful people. In order to get access you start making compromises
[22]Read on
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22. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/heather-brooke-on-holding-power-account
Featured Topic
[23]Euro On The Brink
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23. http://thebrowser.com/reports/euro-brink
What's going wrong with the euro? Can the problem be contained? If so, how?
And what if it isn't? Read on to find out [24]Read on
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24. http://thebrowser.com/reports/euro-brink
Reader Recommendations
@[25]polit2k Eurozone crisis: policymakers fear worst after losing control |
Larry Elliott [26]t.co/RnrRD77Q @[27]guardian #[28]gfc2 [29]#browsings
#[30]eurocrisis [31]More like this
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25. http://twitter.com/polit2k
26. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/nov/03/eurozone-crisis-policymakers-lose-control?CMP=twt_gu
27. http://twitter.com/guardian
28. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#gfc2
29. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
30. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#eurocrisis
31. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Week
[32]Book of the Day
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32. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/corner-by-david-simon-and-edward-burns
[33]The Corner by David Simon and Edward Burns
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33. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/corner-by-david-simon-and-edward-burns
[34]Jonathon Green says: "The authors spend a year with a family who use
crack cocaine. There are 350 different uses of slang in it and that makes it
exciting to me" [35]FiveBooks Archive
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34. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jonathon-green-on-slang
35. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[36]Murmuration
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36. http://thebrowser.com/videos/murmuration
Two women in a boat. And a flock of starlings [37]More videos
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37. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[38]Will Self, on crowds
Links:
38. http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/ideas/ian-leslie/crowds
“The crowd is stupider than the averaging of its component minds"
[39]More quotes
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39. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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