Nona Willis Aronowitz | Washington Post | 6 July 2012 Thoughtful piece by a 27-year-old who sympathizes with her older parents' reasons for having kids late, but laments the reduced time she's had with them and the economics that drive these decisions Comments Romesh Vaitilingam | Vox | 27 July 2012 Interview with economist Robert Shiller on why we should democratise, not condemn, finance. And how to make markets work for common good. "Finance is a technology that can, if it’s properly applied, help reduce inequality" Comments Jacob Mikanowski | Awl | 26 July 2012 Delightful, geeky survey of the shelter Robinson Crusoe and other shipwreck victims, and explorers, have fashioned for themselves on deserted islands Comments Dayna Tortorici | n+1 | 2 July 2012 A compelling and nuanced denunciation of the 2011 Supreme Court ruling that denied class action status to 1.5 million women suing Wal-Mart for sex discrimination Comments David Mikics | Tablet | 26 July 2012 "Bloodlands", Timothy Snyder's history of WW2 in eastern Europe, is a "magisterial" work. But in portraying eastern Europeans as victims of both Hitler and Stalin, does he neglect local support for the Holocaust? Comments Kimberly Gerson | Endless Forms Most Beautiful | 26 July 2012 "On July 17, 2012 several young mountain gorillas did an extraordinary thing: They dismantled a poacher’s snare." How did they learn to do this? And why did they choose to dismantle the trap, rather than just avoid it? Comments | 
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