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Why Private Equity Firms Like Bain Really Are The Worst Of Capitalism | Josh Kosman | Rolling Stone | 23 May 2012

The Browser — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:43:55 +0000

A rant, yes, but enjoyable. "Romney wants us to believe that critics of private equity are against capitalism. They’re not. They’re against a predatory system created and perpetuated by Wall Street solely to pump its own profits"

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End Of The Etan Patz Case | Amy Davidson | New Yorker | 25 May 2012

The Browser — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:32:48 +0000

Man confesses to killing boy who vanished 33 years ago. Story haunted New Yorkers, as did the boy's picture: "Forever young, like a shaggy-haired boy king, counterposed with all of the ideas of what could have happened to his body"

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The Time Britain Slid Into Chaos | Michael Wood | BBC | 25 May 2012

The Browser — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:30:52 +0000

Divisive inequality of wealth; rising unemployment and inflation; anarchist riots on the streets of Europe; rise of extremist political parties. 2012? No, 5th Century AD. What can fall of the Roman empire tell us about euro crisis?

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'Right Now, We Need Expansion' | Martin Hesse & Thomas Schulz | Spiegel | 23 May 2012

The Browser — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:02:00 +0000

Interview with economist Paul Krugman on future of eurozone: "Greece was probably a doomed prospect from the moment that we got the truth about their budget. Spain, which is really the epicenter, is still savable"

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In The Beginning Was The Mudskipper? | Carl Zimmer | Loom | 23 May 2012

The Browser — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:00:56 +0000

Another magnificent piece of writing from Zimmer. This time on arctic adventurers, fish, and "one of the most crucial transitions in history of life": How the first tetrapods emerged from water, and started to move about on dry land

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Obama's Awkward Private Equity Dance | Joshua Green | Boston Globe | 25 May 2012

The Browser — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:50:18 +0000

"It was inevitable that Mitt Romney’s career at Bain Capital would feature prominently in the presidential race, because both candidates need to exploit it in order to win." Here's how the issue is playing out politically

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Take Me To Your Lieder | Stephen Fry | New Adventures | 24 May 2012

The Browser — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:41:46 +0000

On Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, and why classical music is worth the learning curve. "You’ll hate it at first perhaps. But leave it on. Leave it on over the next few days and suddenly, it will steal into you and never leave you"

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Apple's Design Genius Is British To The Core | Shane Richmond | Telegraph | 23 May 2012

The Browser — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:38:09 +0000

Enjoyable two-part interview with Jonathan Ive, Apple's design guru. "We try to develop products that seem somehow inevitable. That leave you with the sense that that’s the only possible solution that makes sense"

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The Primal Ache: What Adam Smith Knew About Inequality | John Paul Rollert | Boston Review | 23 May 2012

The Browser — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:36:14 +0000

"Being wealthy and feeling rich are often inversely correlated. In a room full of rich men, only one doesn’t feel poor by comparison. This lesson is often overlooked in the ongoing debate over income inequality"

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A Tropical Brew | Alex Bellos | More Intelligent Life | 23 May 2012

The Browser — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:34:52 +0000

In the Brazilian rainforest there is a town built around a church where worshippers drink hallucinogenic tea. "At the church entrance I was served a cup of the brew. I swigged it down straight away. Then I drank another cup"

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