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Monday, January 16, 2012

The Browser daily newsletter [16 Jan 2012]

16 January 2012

 Best of the Moment

'Your Son Is Being Tortured. He Will Die If You Don't Pay'

Ghaith Abdul-Ahad | Guardian | 16 January 2012

Horrifying, important account of corruption and lack of humanity in Iraq. "You pay $300,000 to buy a post as a security chief of a neighbourhood for a year and you have to get your money back. It's like an investment" Comments

The Rise And Consequences Of Inequality In The United States

Alan Krueger | Center For American Progress | 12 January 2012

Share of income going to top 1% has reached "mindboggling" levels. Middle class has shrunk, economic mobility has fallen. Here's why it happened, what it means, and what to do about it (10-page PDF with additional PowerPoint slides) Comments

Mr Daisey And The Apple Factory

Mike Daisey | This American Life | 13 January 2012

Transcript of radio show in which reporter visits Foxconn factory in Shenzhen, China, where iPhones are made. 430,000 workers, many underage, working in conditions unimaginable to those in the West. Eye-opening, compelling, shocking Comments

A Meditation On Money

John Médaille | Front Porch Republic | 13 January 2012

Economists tend to think that barter comes first, followed by money, then credit systems. But, as David Graeber has shown, historical evidence points in the opposite direction. Barter emerges when credit and money collapse Comments

Love, Boxing, And Hunter S Thompson

John Kaye | LA Review of Books | 15 January 2012

Wild romp through screenwriter's life, as he recalls trips to New Orleans, boxing bouts, and bizarre encounters with Fear and Loathing author. Very enjoyable but beware: Contains drugs, casual sex, crudity and profanity Comments

The Joy Of Six: Darts

Scott Murray | Guardian | 13 January 2012

Great moments in darts, "the last resort of thoroughly improbable people". Featuring Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Keith Talent, Jocky Wilson, Phil Taylor. "Jocky is a man of few words, most of them, 'I cannae believe it'" Comments

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