A new issue of The Next American City it out. From New York, a look at how Tony Blair is like Barack Obama and George Bush — and why Bush is rooting for Obama. Because it's not just the economy, Miller-McCune experts offer some solutions to problems that were under-discussed during the campaign. From The New York Times, experts on the domestic challenges facing Barack Obama when he takes office. John B. Judis on the best books to help you make sense of Marx, Keynes, the Great Depression, and how we got where we are now. Harold James on the Marx Renaissance. Risk Mismanagement: Were the measures used to evaluate Wall Street trades flawed, or was the mistake ignoring them? A review of The Terrorist in Search of Humanity: Militant Islam and Global Politics by Faisal Devji. Scruffy-haired, home-schooled organizer Nate Westheimer is the fresh young punim on every panel and at every party — buy him a beer before the next big meetup! From NYRB, David Cole reviews books on torturers; a review of books on peace in the Middle East; a review of books by and about Gene Stratton-Porter; and never in recent history had The Guardian faced a libel suit from a major corporation. A review of The Triumph of Music: The Rise of Composers, Musicians and Their Art by Tim Blanning. The Web Masters: Five who are changing the face of the Internet.
