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Monday, May 28, 2012

The Browser daily newsletter [28 May 2012]

28 May 2012
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 Best of the Moment

In Thrall Of The Empire Of The Sons

John Garnaut | Sydney Morning Herald | 26 May 2012

Fascinating article on nepotism and corruption of China's "princelings", children of Communist party leaders. "Society and economy are being held hostage to the wealth-maximising requirements of the political elite" Comments

The End Of The Euro

Simon Johnson & Peter Boone | Huffington Post | 27 May 2012

"European politicians are now telling us that an orderly exit for Greece is feasible under current conditions, and Greece will be the only nation that leaves. They are wrong." Here's why, and how crisis could turn to catastrophe Comments

A Psychotronic Childhood

Colson Whitehead | New Yorker | 28 May 2012

Remembering a childhood of horror movies. "It was survival training. 'A Clockwork Orange,' which I saw several times before I was 10, taught me more about not opening my door to strangers than a hundred school-assembly lectures" Comments

The Great Gatsby And The American Dream

Sarah Churchwell | Guardian | 25 May 2012

"The phrase the American dream was invented to describe a failure, not a promise: Or rather, a broken promise, a dream that was continually faltering beneath rampant monopoly capitalism." Fitzgerald, like few others, saw it coming Comments

Why We Lie

Dan Ariely | WSJ | 25 May 2012

"We tend to think that people are either honest or dishonest. But that is not how dishonesty works." In a series of experiments, Ariely discovers how, why, and by how much people cheat. The answers may surprise (h/t Daniel Lippman) Comments

The Beach Boys’ Crazy Summer

Andrew Romano | Newsweek | 27 May 2012

Assessment of broken pop icon Brian Wilson. Decades of LSD and cocaine abuse, coupled with "weapons-grade antipsychotics" hurried his descent to voice-hearing manic depressive. Can a Beach Boys reunion tour help to mend him? Comments

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