The latest issue of Vectors is out. Carmen Cozma (UIAC): Phenomenology of Life in Understanding the Cosmopolitan Humanness. Ripples of fear after Dominican Republic citizenship ruling. From Strange Maps, Frank Jacobs on Gibraltar, the mother of all territorial disputes; and on the world's twistiest border. The Amazon mystery: Derek Thompson on what America's strangest tech company is really up to. Henry Farrell on five things you need to know about the transatlantic wiretap scandal. Where did the anti-globalization movement go? Mimi Dwyer wants to know. Marty Sullivan figured out how the world’s biggest companies avoided billions in taxes — here’s how he wants to stop them. From The Washington Monthly, Max Ehrenfreund on how malfunctioning exchanges show why liberals are right; and Paul Glastris on what Obamacare could have been. Rise of the distorporation: A mutation in the way companies are financed and managed will change the distribution of the wealth they create. David Dayen on how the media can't stop sucking up to Alan Greenspan. Why do we so seldom se people smiling in painted portraits? Nicholas Jeeves explores the history of the smile through the ages of portraiture. Ashley Deeks on how courts can influence national security without doing a single thing. Does the constitutional measure of just compensation — fair market value — unfairly undercompensate those whose property is taken through eminent domain?
