A new issue of Resurgence is out. From The American Interest, Francis Fukuyama thinks about the future of American capitalism. An interview of Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of Black Swans, on the financial crisis. The introduction to The Godfather Doctrine: A Foreign Policy Parable by John C. Hulsman and A. Wess Mitchell and an excerpt from The Myth of American Exceptionalism by Godfrey Hodgson (and a review at Bookforum). A review of Smile Southern California, You're the Center of the Universe: The Economy and People of a Global Region by James Flanigan. From Boston Review, texting toward utopia: Does the Internet spread democracy? Fifty years after it appeared, people are still citing C. P. Snow’s “Two Cultures”, but who really reads it today? A review of On Kindness by Adam Phillips and Barbara Taylor. From Carnegie Council, an interview with Ann Florini, author of The Coming Democracy: New Rules for Running a New World; and a panel on Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet by Jeffrey D. Sachs. Where did all the wealth go? To our kids. An excerpt from The Death of the Animal: A Dialogue. Real capitalists nationalize: Sorry, zombie banks — the laws of the market dictate that we should own your ass. A review of More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City by William Julius Wilson.
