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Friday, April 13, 2012

The Browser daily newsletter [13 Apr 2012]

13 April 2012

 Best of the Moment

A Short History Of Neoliberalism

Jason Hickel | New Left Project | 9 April 2012

The richest 358 people on earth possess as much wealth as the poorest 45% (2.3 billion people). Super, left-leaning, essay looks at how this happened, the flaws of neoliberal economics, and how we might improve things Comments

The Second-Term Illusion

Aaron David Miller | Foreign Policy | 11 April 2012

Do you think a second-term Obama presidency, freed from re-election concerns, will tackle Netanyahu and push for Middle East peace? Here's why it won't happen (and it's not because of the Israel lobby) Comments

Uzbekistan's Policy Of Secretly Sterilising Women

Natalia Antelava | BBC | 12 April 2012

"After months of mysterious pain and heavy bleeding after the birth, she had an ultrasound and discovered that her uterus had been removed. 'They just said to me, 'What do you need more children for? You already have two'" Comments

150 Miles Of Hell

Jeff Tietz | Men's Journal | 4 April 2012

A visit to America's most lawless area, a remote corridor on the US/Mexico border linking Nogales with Phoenix. It's the preferred drug trafficking route of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel. Murders, rapes, decapitations are commonplace Comments

New View Of Depression: An Ailment Of The Entire Body

Shirley Wang | WSJ | 9 April 2012

Scientists have worked out that the same changes to chromosomes that occur with ageing also occur with severe stress and depression. This "accelerated ageing" effect suggests depression is a body-wide illness, not just psychological Comments

The Inconvenient Astrologer Of MI5

Emma Garman | Awl | 11 April 2012

Britain was desperate to persuade the US to join World War II. So desperate, it turns out, that Churchill sent an astrologer to America in an effort to convince the public that Hitler planned to attack. This is his strange story Comments

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