From The Atlantic, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund Simon Johnson on The Quiet Coup: The finance industry has effectively captured our government — a state of affairs that more typically describes emerging markets, and is at the center of many emerging-market crises (and an interview at TPM). The bubble next time: Daniel Gross on regulations that will stop us from acting crazy next time there's an irrational boom. From Newsweek, Paul Krugman has emerged as Obama's toughest liberal critic; he's deeply skeptical of the bank bailout and pessimistic about the economy. From TNR, Richard Posner reviews Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism by George A. Akerlof and Robert Shiller (and more and more and more and more and more). From The New York Times Magazine, hell nay, we won’t pay! The arcane, obsessive and, well, way-way-out-there arguments (and characters) of the tax-denial movement; and the civil heretic: How did Freeman Dyson, the world-renowned scientist and public intellectual, wind up opposing those who care most about global warming? Jed Lipinski reviews Unplugging Philco by Jim Knipfel. Syria Calling: Can Washington broker new negotiations? Seymour M. Hersh investigates. An interview with Amy Goodman of "Democracy Now!"
