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Thursday, December 29, 2011

The Browser daily newsletter [29 Dec 2011]

29 December 2011

 Best of the Moment

Marginal Revolutionaries

Anonymous | Economist | 27 December 2011

Economic debate abandons academy for blogosphere. Dissenters and radicals thrive there, helped by "massive disillusion with mainstream economics" after 2008 crash. Austrians, market monetarists, neo-chartalists gain ground Comments

Apocalypse City

Colin Thubron | NYRB | 22 December 2011

Many have tried to write about Jerusalem; few have really succeeded. Too often the result is either partisanship or pallid tact. Not so with Simon Sebag Montefiore, whose recent biography receives Thubron's admiring attention Comments

Obituary: Sir Michael Dummett

A.W. Moore | Guardian | 28 December 2011

Analytical philosopher: "The philosophy of language is the foundation of all other philosophy." Follower of Frege. Other passions: backward causation, immigration, Catholicism, voting procedures, tarot cards, English grammar Comments

Clear Lines

Jenny Hendrix | LA Review of Books | 27 December 2011

On the comic-book artist Hergé, and his creation Tintin. Instructive, precise, enduring stories. "An aesthetic prototype of the 20th century. A forerunner of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, Indiana Jones and John Le Carré". Comments

The Big Lie

Michael Thomas | Newsweek | 26 December 2011

Wall St has fallen back on a lie as old as capitalism itself. "This time, however, I don’t think the argument that 'Washington ate my homework' is going to work. This time, a firestorm is going to explode about the Street’s head" Comments

The Case For Enhancing People

Ronald Bailey | New Atlantis | 20 December 2011

Fascinating essay defends use of biotech, nanotech to enhance human capabilities - physical, intellectual, emotional. "People who don’t want enhancement for themselves should allow those of us who do to go forward without hindrance" Comments

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