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Friday, January 29, 2010

Slate: Corporations Are People, Too - Why do courts give companies the same rights as individuals?

Slate: The real meaning of the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United

Economist: Free speech and campaign cash - Unbound: The Supreme Court undermines convoluted campaign-finance rules

New Yorker: Profile - John Mackey & Whole Foods

Newsweek: Why Free Markets Require Free Minds, Even China's

Slate: French President Sarkozy declares that capitalism can be made kinder and more humane. Good luck with that!

Newsweek: May the Best Theory Win - How economists are competing to make sense of our failed financial system

Economist: Seven questions for Jeffrey Sachs

Slate: How long have presidents been trying to "change the culture of Washington"?

CSMonitor: Brett Favre - Hero or villain?

Slate: Why does conventional wisdom espoused by incredibly rich people sound so intelligent?

New Republic: Obama's War With The Court Just Escalated

Atlantic: Obama’s Supreme Court Criticism - The president was right to reprimand the least accountable branch of government

Economist: Regulating America's banks - Stage prop

Atlantic: Q&A With the IMF's Simon Johnson On Financial Reform

New Republic: The Chin Abides - In Defense of Jay Leno

New Republic: Why Do People Love 'Catcher In The Rye'?

Newsweek: J.D. Salinger's Influence - Salinger himself, as well as his most famous character, has influenced pop culture, crime—even modern linguistics.

Slate: The Saints Are Coming - New Orleans celebrates its football team's first-ever Super Bowl appearance.

New Republic: Did "African American" History Really Happen In Atlanta, Cleveland, Philly, And Detroit? Listening To The Census

TIME: India vs. China - Whose Economy Is Better?

New Republic: Postmodern At Bedtime

New Republic: Obama's Dull, Cheap, Successful Speech

New Republic: The Return of Ulysses S. Grant

Slate: How would Pope John Paul II have gone about self-flagellating?

TIME: Pope John Paul II Whipped Self

Economist: Liberalism in Brazil - The almost-lost cause of freedom: Why is economic liberalism so taboo in socially liberal Brazil?

Newsweek: Bristol Palin’s Abstinence About-Face

Economist: Bihar's remarkable recovery - Bihar has blossomed under Nitish Kumar. But his reforms need deeper roots

Economist: The Ticketmaster-Live Nation merger - A union of pariahs

Economist: A special report on social networking

Slate: Alabama Rep. Parker Griffith shows how not to switch parties

Economist: The party of No - Barack Obama has revived the Republicans. But they show few signs of using their new influence constructively

Economist: Populists and bankers - The populist left meets the populist right to hammer the Fed

CSMonitor: Supreme Court won't halt Noriega's extradition to France

Economist: Capitalism in China - The spirit of enterprise fades: The cradle of China’s start-up firms is showing its age

Slate: What happens to 3-D glasses after you drop them in the bin at the theater?

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