A new issue of Common Ground is out. From TNR, a look at how Simon Cowell saved American democracy. From Archeology, the origin of form was abrupt not gradual: An interview with cell biologist Stuart Newman about the ongoing revolution in evolutionary theory. Could Napoleon have coped in a credit crunch? Our desire to see history through the lives of great men blinds us to the real complexity of politics, business and finance. More on Reinventing Knowledge: From Alexandria to the Internet by Ian F. McNeely. From Economic Principals, who can plausibly be said to be responsible for a mess made mainly on Wall Street? New Scientist ranks methods to save the world. Web journals "narrowing study": Critics warn online publishing reduces academic research to little more than a "popularity contest". Back to the Seventies: A review of Erratic North: A Vietnam Draft Resister’s Life in the Canadian Bush by Mark Frutkin. The introduction to The Nature of Demography by Herve Le Bras. What can "neuroeconomics" teach us about how we think about money? A look at how econ bloggers are gaining clout in financial crisis. The best kind of blogging could lead to a “golden era for journalism”: An article on the state of blogging and the fate of journalism. More on David Runciman's Political Hypocrisy. A review of Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin.
