Weekly newsletter 39
[1]A selection of our best article links of the week, plus featured
FiveBooks interviews, videos, quotations and more.
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Best of the Week
[5]When Currencies Collapse
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5. http://b.rw/whPsTW
Barry Eichengreen | Foreign Affairs | 15 December 2011
Superb essay. Euro, dollar account for 90% of global foreign exchange
reserves. What would happen if investor confidence in either faltered?
Eichengreen looks back to 1930s and 1970s for clues (Free access for Browser
readers) [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/when-currencies-collapse
[7]Reversal Of Fortune
Links:
7. http://b.rw/y9DBxH
Patrick Radden Keefe | New Yorker | 2 January 2012
Story of epic battle between big oil and American lawyer acting for
residents of Ecuadoran Amazon. Fascinating on tactics of corporate giant
faced with class-action suit, and shades of grey that emerge in plaintiffs'
case [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/reversal-fortune
[9]What Has Happened To The ANC?
Links:
9. http://b.rw/zYy4Gy
Richard Dowden | African Arguments | 6 January 2012
Superb, succinct critique of South Africa's governing party, this week
celebrating centenary of its birth. Lavishly, and at expense of South
African taxpayers. Party of Mandela and anti-apartheid struggle looks
inglorious now [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-has-happened-anc
[11]Greece: The History Behind The Collapse
Links:
11. http://b.rw/t38cL4
Georges Prévélakis | Eurozine | 23 December 2011
Professor of geopolitics at Sorbonne seeks to explain peculiarities of
Greece's political administration, dysfunctional economy, through lens of
history. And the lessons Europe must learn from his country's near failure
[12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/greece-history-behind-collapse
[13]The Secret Life Of J Edgar Hoover
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13. http://b.rw/tSPh49
Anthony Summers | Observer | 1 January 2012
Explosive read on former FBI director. Imagine a cross-dressing paranoid
narcissist with connections to organised crime. "Hoover was like a sewer
that collected dirt. I now believe he was the worst public servant in our
history" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/secret-life-j-edgar-hoover
[15]How Banks Are Using Your Money To Create The Next Crash
Links:
15. http://b.rw/xX8zKV
Keith Fitz-Gerald | Money Morning | 4 January 2012
"Banks, trading houses are leveraging your money to increase their profits
– just as in the run-up to the last financial crisis. Only this time, things
may be worse." It's time to understand the concept of "rehypothecation"
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-banks-are-using-iyouri-money-create-next-crash
[17]Christopher Hitchens
Links:
17. http://b.rw/yrmZtU
Salman Rushdie | Tumblr/Vanity Fair | 5 January 2012
Rushdie's tribute to his great friend and ally. "I have often been asked if
Christopher defended me because he was my close friend. The truth is that he
became my close friend because he wanted to defend me." And he was
magnificent [18]Comments
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/articles/christopher-hitchens
[19]The Ghosts In The Living Room
Links:
19. http://b.rw/vEieQ2
Adam Curtis | BBC | 22 December 2011
Engaging piece, with video, on history of ghosts on television. Not
fictional ghosts but "real" ones, or reports of their appearances. And why
the BBC promised not to show its 1992 programme Ghostwatch ever again
[20]Comments
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/articles/ghosts-living-room
FiveBooks Interview
[21]William Boyd on Writers Who Have Inspired Me
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/william-boyd-on-writers-who-have-inspired-me
The acclaimed novelist tells us about the authors, from Heller to Chekhov,
who most influenced his own development as a writer – and reveals the secret
to a well-crafted sex scene [22]Read on
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22. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/william-boyd-on-writers-who-have-inspired-me
Featured Topic
[23]Sex
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/reports/sex
Call girls, bondage, pornography, naked yoga, adultery and the science of
sperm; it's all here but maybe NSFW [24]Read on
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24. http://thebrowser.com/reports/sex
Reader Recommendations
_@Mark_Veldhuizen_ Exactly! Slate busts the great pepper conspiracy.
(Although, what is the "aroma" of mustaches?) [25]t.co/IhqFveKk
[26]#browsings [27]More like this
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25. http://t.co/IhqFveKk
26. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
27. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Week
[28]Book of the Day
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28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/out-my-life-and-thought-by-albert-schweitzer
[29]Out of My Life and Thought by Albert Schweitzer
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29. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/out-my-life-and-thought-by-albert-schweitzer
[30]Roman Krznaric says: “His autobiography traces his transformation from
his literary and intellectual work to the way he gave himself to human
service” [31]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/roman-krznaric-on-art-living
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[32]Iowa Nice
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos/iowa-nice
You think you know Iowa? Think again. (Some swearing, but try not to mind)
[33]More videos
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33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[34]Sophie Pinkham, on Kim Kardashian
Links:
34. http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/01/05/the-wedding-party
"Marriage is no longer the inevitable result of a wedding"
[35]More quotes
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35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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