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Federico Maria Ferrara and Thomas Sattler (Geneva): The Political Economy of Financial Markets. The biggest economic story of the year is the Federal Reserve rethinking its inflation target. Adam Gopnik reviews Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely by Andrew S. Curran and Catherine and Diderot: The Empress, the Philosopher, and the Fate of the Enlightenment by Robert Zaretsky. Carefully smash the patriarchy: Carol Gilligan, author of the feminist classic In a Different Voice, reminds us that we’re all humans. Recession worries move to DEFCON 3. Why are we getting so many robocalls? One step closer to an elusive peace in Afghanistan. The introduction to No Go World: How Fear is Redrawing Our Maps and Infecting Our Politics by Ruben Andersson.

Florence Chee (LUC): An Uber Ethical Dilemma: Examining the Social Issues at Stake. From Vice, what’s the future of the feminist movement? 12 leading voices respond. Christopher Wolfram on aspect ratios of historical societies and their relation to climate. What happens if Obamacare is struck down? Why Trump’s new push to kill Obamacare is so alarming. White economic anxiety evaporated after the 2016 election — now black economic anxiety is on the rise. Mueller grand jury “continuing robustly”, prosecutor says. Mueller’s many loose ends: What comes next now that the probe is finished.. The Joe Biden and Anita Hill controversy, explained. Wading through the sludge: Cass Sunstein reviews Administrative Burden: Policymaking by Other Means by Pamela Herd and Donald P. Moynihan.