online archive
1:00PM
MAR 25 2008
The invention of modern life
From Mute, the problem with critiques of curatorship is that they usually end up reinforcing the central importance of the curator; and Migration / Data / Work: What are the risks and advantages of visibility? What do (political and artistic) representation and rights have to offer the illegal and "invisible"? A review of Herbert Spencer and the Invention of Modern Life by Mark Francis. A review of A Game as Old as Empire: The Secret World of Economic Hit Men and the Web of Global Corruption. For all the money made on K Street, lobbyists and lobbying firms are feeling a bit besieged by Congress' recenty crackdowns on industry practices. Would we be smarter voters if we did it twice? Michael Walzer wants to know. A review of A. L. Kennedy's Day. A review of When Ways of Life Collide: Multiculturalism and Its Discontents in the Netherlands. No offense, but you don't deserve your salary. From Ovi, here's an alternative to a dehumanized civilization. How can we change not only our nation's climate policy but our environmental behaviors, too? It might involve primates and shopping. William J. Baumol, Robert E. Litan and Carl Schramm on good capitalism, bad capitalism, and Robert Skidelsky on the moral vulnerability of markets. Has science found a way to end all wars? Given adequate food, fuel, and gender equality, mass conflict just might disappear.
