From The Nation, William Greider on the future of the American Dream; Barbara Ehrenreich and Bill Fletcher Jr. on change socialists can believe in; the KGB in America: A review of Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America by John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr and Alexander Vassiliev and Alger Hiss and the Battle for History by Susan Jacoby; and a review of The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia by Laura Miller. From Foreign Policy, some disassembly required: A bit of creative destruction might be just what the United Nations needs; blue helmets are expected to fix failed states from the ground up, but increasingly, the troops aren’t up to the task; and Paul Collier on The Dictator’s Handbook: A thought experiment sheds new light on why aging autocrats remain so hard to dislodge. Monetarism Defiant: Legendary economist Anna Schwartz says the feds have misjudged the financial crisis. David Warsh profiles Emmanuel Saez, winner of the 2009 John Bates Clark Medal. Is protectionism really all that bad? Noreena Hertz wants to know. Greed for power, lust for revenge, pride to defend: An article on the sixty four chess stratagems. From Harvard Magazine, "you haven't changed a bit": Why we worry about reunions. Marjorie Perloff reviews House of Wittgenstein: A Family at War by Alexander Waugh.
