The New York Review of Books
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The New York Review of Books (or NYREV or NYRB) is a biweekly magazine on literature, culture, and current affairs published in New York which takes as its point of departure that the discussion of important books is itself an indispensable literary activity. As of 2003, the publication had a circulation of over 125,000. The New York Review was founded by Robert B. Silvers and Barbara Epstein, together with A. Whitney Ellsworth, the publisher, and with the backing of Barbara's husband Jason Epstein, a vice president at Random House and editor of Viking Books. It was founded during the ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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How to Dispel Your Illusions by Freeman Dyson
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America’s New Robber Barons by Jeff Madrick | NYRblog
Though the situation is often described as a problem of inequality, this is not quite the real concern. The issue is runaway incomes at the very top—people earning a million ...via Umair Haque -
Obama's Flunking Economy: The Real Cause
Ezra Klein Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President by Ron Suskind Alex Wong/Getty Images Lawrence Summers, then director of the National ... -
Rising Up in Israel
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Financial Reform: Unfinished Business
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Are China’s Rulers Getting Religion?
Ian Johnson Ian Johnson Detail from a 14th century mural from the Daoist Yonglegong Temple in Shanxi province With worsening inflation, a slowing economy, and growing concerns ... -
Our ‘Broken System’ of Criminal Justice by John Paul Stevens
John Paul Stevens The Collapse of American Criminal Justice by William J. Stuntz Drawing by Honoré Daumier William Stuntz was the popular and well-respected Henry J. Friendly ...via Nicholas Kristof -
Massacre in Cairo by Yasmine El Rashidi | NYRblog
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A Zuccotti Park Education
Jeff Madrick Henny Ray Abrams/AP Photo An instructor demonstrating how to break free of plastic hand restraints at the Occupy Wall Street occupation of Zuccotti Park, New ... -
Killing Citizens in Secret by David Cole | NYRblog
David Cole Muhammad ud-Deen Anwar al-Awlaki in 2008 Sunday’s New York Times reported that the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel has produced a fifty-page legal ...



