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Monday, February 13, 2012

The Browser daily newsletter [13 Feb 2012]

13 February 2012

 Best of the Moment

Greece: A Default Is A Better Outcome Than The Deal On Offer

Marshall Auerback | New Economic Perspectives | 13 February 2012

"The market’s judgement is wrong: An outright default might ultimately prove the better tonic for both Greece and the eurozone." Would be messy but better than Portugal, Ireland left asking "If Greece doesn't have to pay, why do I?" Comments

Everywhere And Nowhere

Eric Been and Michael Goetzmann | LA Review Of Books | 10 February 2012

Review of John Jeremiah Sullivan's "Pulphead". And interview with author. Who is increasingly being acclaimed as the next David Foster Wallace. Though he appears here to be a touch less cerebral and a lot less frenetic Comments

Why Companies Fail

Megan McArdle | Atlantic | 11 February 2012

The American taxpayer has fixed all the obvious problems at General Motors. Cost base transformed. Brands repositioned. But finally we bump up against corporate culture. Can that be changed, or does GM carry failure in its DNA? Comments

Mystery Of The Millionaire Metaphysician

James Ryerson | Slate | 10 February 2012

Eleven philosophers get an offer through the mail to read and review a manuscript. Fee: $12,000. They accept. It's not a work of genius, but nor is it nonsense. Who is the elusive author, and what does (s)he get out of it? Comments

Step 1: Give Every Kid A Laptop. Step 2: Learning Begins?

Cyrus Farivar | Ars Technica | 9 February 2012

Report on Nicholas Negroponte's ambitious One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. Two million computers have been handed out, across 42 countries. So what lessons has OLPC taught us about the role of technology in education? Comments

The Monster Of Glamis

Mike Dash | Smithsonian | 10 February 2012

Did Glamis Castle, in the Scottish lowlands, have a secret to hide? Dash picks up the story of "an enigma that involved a hidden room, a secret passage, scandal, and shadowy figures glimpsed by night on castle battlements" Comments

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