Tristan Nguyen (WHL): Are Extreme Events Still Insurable? Explaining the Role of Government in Insurance Solution. A special Randomness versus Stupidity issue of the Annals of Improbable Research is now online. From Swans, Paul Buhle on the unending (C.L.R. James) saga. Spanning thirty-odd years of academic endeavour, Jairus Banaji’s Theory as History is a collection of essays exploring the role of labour and exploitation within the wider research programme of historical materialism. Institutionalized, punitive hysteria: Laura Agustin on specialness of (some) sexual crimes. How Amazon survives the state: In a world of convoluted rules, capitalism finds ways to get goods cheaply to the people who want them. Bonfire of the Cliches: There is a problem with the relationship between literature and business, but it’s not the one you think.
