From the EuroMemorandum Group, an essay on alternatives to finance-driven capitalism. We may become so good that we really reach a point where we have the "final plague", and where we are really capable of catching so many of these things that new pandemics become an oddity. A review of Voice of Hezbollah: The Statements of Sayed Hassan Nasrallah. A review of Teenagers: A Natural History by David Bainbridge. A review of So Damn Much Money: The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government by Robert G. Kaiser (and more). A review of Measuring Up: What Educational Testing Really Tells Us by Daniel Koretz. At 37, The Joy of Sex gets a major face-lift. From HNN, an article on Howard Zinn and the historian as Don Quixote. A look at why some people can't put two and two together. The End of Solitude: As everyone seeks more and broader connectivity, the still, small voice speaks only in silence. A review of The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability by James Gustave Speth. Fed Up: An article on the popular uprising against central banking. What's good for business? An article on the ethical legacy of Catholic business schools. What if globalization and geopolitics were not contradictory forces but complementary undercurrents in our stage of human history? (and part 2)
