From NYRB, Haleh Esfandiari on President Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s man in the middle; and Martin Wolf on how austerity has failed. President Obama is announcing major new climate plans Tuesday — a chart explains why. Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz on winning on climate: “These people have to be ridiculed”. Edward Snowden in Moscow, Twitter erupts — en route to Cuba, and then Ecuador — but why Ecuador? (or maybe not) Was Tamerlan Tsarnaev a double agent recruited by the FBI? Peter Dale Scott investigates. From The Baffler, Heather Havrilesky on Fifty Shades of Late Capitalism; Hussein Ibish on the United Sades of America; and Slavoj Zizek is camera shy, blah blah blah blah blah blah. From Marginal Revolution, Tyler Cowen on emerging markets, hitting a wall; and Matt Ridley covers patents and the Tabarrok Curve. Alex Ruthrauff on six steps that Paula Deen could take to retool her image and revive her career. From The Washington Monthly, Kathleen Geier on the secret of Costco’s success revealed! (hint: no MBAs need apply) Jesus Diaz on Wozniak on Jobs' biopic: “Young Steve wasn't a saint”.
