From Finance and Development, a special issue on reshaping the global economy, including a profile of Nouriel Roubini; and back to basics: what exactly is a recession and why do they happen? Travis Sharp on the worst kind of stimulus: Why a global weapons boom is the last thing we need. From Words Without Borders, a special issue on Greece. An interview with Alan Moore on superheroes, The League, and making magic. How to Twitter: The social rules and tips for gaining "followers"; why opinionated people win. The first chapter from Paying the Human Costs of War: American Public Opinion and Casualties in Military Conflicts by Christopher Gelpi, Peter D. Feaver and Jason Reifler. John Derbyshire reviews Steve Sailer's America’s Half-Blood Prince: Barack Obama’s “Story of Race and Inheritance”. Christopher Ruddy's conservative media empire is booming — can it save the Republican party? Memo to those faking their own deaths: Don’t write your own obituary, too. Eric Banks on Eudora Welty, whose 100th birthday takes place in April. Is taxing the super rich a waste of time? Chris Hedges on how we are breeding ourselves to extinction. From Boston Review, Martha Nussbaum on Islamic liberalism under fire in India; and John Bowen on "recognizing sharia" in England. A review of Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army, and the Wars Within by Shuja Nawaz.

From Commentary, John Bolton on the coming war on sovereignty; and James K. Glassman on Stimulus: A history of folly. Can Obama convince Americans it’s a good idea to raise taxes? From BBC Magazine, for some women paying for sex is more convenient than cruising bars and clubs trying to find men; a look at why size matters — smaller is better; and once we were all happy to walk around naked, now we're not; can people unlearn their naked shame? Down, Dow, Down! Chadwick Matlin can’t stop rooting for the stock market to fall. Jonathan Yardley reviews Blake Bailey's Cheever: A Life (and more and more and more and more and more and more; and more from Bookforum). Where nature went: Landscape painting shaped the direction of art for a century, then all but vanished — what happened? State of Emergency: Moni Mohsin on a personal history of Pakistan on the brink. What kind of regulation czar will Cass Sunstein be? A Europe of 23 official languages: A recent Spanish case helps to understand the risk of politicizing the multilingualism. Here are 10 reasons why conservatives' fiscal ideas are dangerous. What is experimental mathematics? Keith Devlin explains. In the modern Internet age we increasingly seek out ideas that interest us and filter out all else; is this dumbing down society and making us less knowledgeable?  

George Bragues (Guelph-Humber): The Ethics of US Monetary Policy in Response to the Financial Crisis of 2007-20?? From the inaugural issue of Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, Alessandro Lanteri (UPO): (Why) do selfish people self-select in economics?; Maurice Lagueux (Montreal): Are we witnessing a "revolution" in methodology of economics? (and a response); Maria Cristina Marcuzzo (Roma): Is history of economic thought a “serious” subject?; an interview with Uskali Maki on economic methodology; a review of Donald MacKenzie’s An engine, not a camera: how financial models shape the markets; a review of Stephen Ziliak and Deirdre McCloskey’s The cult of statistical significance (and a response); a review of David Colander’s The making of an economist, redux; and a review of Arjo Klamer’s Speaking of economics: how to get into the conversation. More on The Tyranny of Dead Ideas by Matt Miller. Lee Siegel on the intellectual crash of 2009: Why has the financial meltdown left our intellectuals speechless? Hope vs. fear: Should reality always trump optimism? From Nthposition, Ayn Rand, the founder of Objectivism, "is a great writer the way Dan Brown is a great writer". Is Aaron Sorkin better than Shakespeare? Satoshi Kanazawa investigates. A review of Electronic Literature: New Horizons for the Literary by N. Katherine Hayles.

From Vanity Fair, a look at the Mystery Suicides of Bridgend County. Fatal distraction: Forgetting a child in the back seat of a hot, parked car is a horrifying, inexcusable mistake — but is it a crime? From Reason, an interview with David Hillman, author of The Chemical Muse: Drug Use and the Roots of Western Civilization; and can Christiania survive? A countercultural enclave in Denmark fights for its life. From Triple Canopy, here's evidence of a postindustrial disassembly line, performed live with a drill, mirrored plates, construction lights, and sheer distortion. Deceiver in Chief: Left-leaning columnist Kevin Field regrets his vote for President Obama. Greil Marcus reviews Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead. An article on the rational underpinnings of irrational anger. The call of the toad: Gunter Grass's 1990 diary has just been published' former East German writer Monika Maron looks at how blinded Grass was by his own preconceptions. Racism can be funny, and more importantly, political correctness has no place in the arts. Thomas Frank on conservatives and their pity parties; why the GOP fetish for outsourcing deserved to be repudiated; and why the "populists" are right about Wall Street. A review of John Milton. Life, Work, and Thought by Gordon Campbell and Thomas N. Corns. Two economists propose a simple system for deciding who gets to run the world — how about Bangladesh?