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The Browser daily newsletter [3 June 2012]

3 June 2012
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 Best of the Moment

Austerity And Debt Realism

Kenneth Rogoff | Project Syndicate | 1 June 2012

What should governments be doing with regard to deficits, debt? Simplistic Keynesians say ignore deficits, it's a recession. But debt-ceiling absolutists want budgets balanced now. Both positions are "dangerously facile". Here's why Comments

Dangers Ahead For Egypt

Nathan Brown | National Interest | 31 May 2012

Egyptian voters must now choose between two presidential candidates, both of whom are fairly widely detested. It'll be an unpleasant, negative campaign. "And more deeply, a very nasty kind of sectarianism has already emerged" Comments

Squeezing Out The Doctor

Anonymous | Economist | 2 June 2012

Past century has been a great time for doctors. Treat patients case by case, and somebody pays. That's over. We can't afford it. Set procedures are just as effective, certainly for chronic conditions, as individual therapy Comments

Real Cool

Martin Filler | NYRB | 1 June 2012

Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol assessed and compared. Superficially alike perhaps, so much so that Warhol faced early rejection. But although the source material was similar, they did very different things with it Comments

Close Encounters Of The Cancer Kind

Jeff Mason | Talking Philosophy | 2 June 2012

Plato famously stated that “Philosophy is a preparation for death.” But is it? Academic philosopher, recently diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, questions whether 40 years of study can help him cope with death Comments

Forget The Hype: How Close Are We To A ‘Forgetting Pill’?

Jon Simons | Brain, n. | 30 May 2012

Simons suspects not as close as recent reports have made out. So he invites Dr Amy Milton, of Cambridge University, to comment. Her expert analysis suggests the answer depends on what exactly we are trying to forget Comments

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