From Ctheory, Graham Potts (York): "Love Hurts": Hunter S. Thompson, the Marquis de Sade and St. Paul queer Alain Badiou's truth and fidelity; and Colin Campbell (York): The Terror. From Financial Times, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg on a new era of accountable capitalism; John Kay on the fallacy of equating economic power with clout; and Nicholas Stern on why the world needs an unbiased risk assessor. From Economic Principals, here’s an instance where self-absorption has got the better of the pink sheet; and physiognomy as destiny: It’s as good a time as any to review why Geithner is at the Treasury and Summers is not (and more). The United States of Ponzi: Nouriel Roubini on the Madoff in the mirror (and a profile of Roubini). Out of the closet: Capitalism has failed — the time is right for communism. From FP, there is no Congo: Why the only way to help Congo is to stop pretending it exists; and Portrait of a Failed State: Somalia's tattered landscape is a window into the country's troubled past. Forensics Fraud: Experts say a video shows a doctor manufacturing evidence — so why is a man still on death row? A review of Richard E. Nisbett's Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Culture Count.
