A new issue of The Undercurrent is out. Emanuel Towfigh (NYU): Old Weimar Meets New Political Economy: Democratic Representation in the Party State. From Jacobin, what are the bankers up to? Josh Mason investigates. As Electrical Banana: Masters of Psychedelic Art by Norman Hathaway and Dan Nadel shows, Heinz Edelmann’s story isn’t the only exception to some of the generally held rules of sixties psychedelic art. From The Philosopher, the Bankers’ Ramp: Desmond Cohen on risk, social justice and elusive reforms of financial markets. “Osama bin Laden made me famous”: Bernard Lewis is credited with providing the intellectual firepower for the war in Iraq — now he says he opposed it from the start (and more and more). Mark Leon Goldberg on proof that the UN does not want to control your Internet (and more). Kevin Drum on why Obama caved in on national security. A review of Financing Failure: A Century of Bailouts by Vern McKinley. Why are action stars more likely to be Republican? Save the Cato Institute, save the world: The libertarian think tank is fighting off a hostile takeover by strongly partisan donors — here's why it matters.
