From The New York Times Magazine, a special issue on Money, including The Poverty Platform: John Edwards says Americans should care more about economic injustice. Can he turn the plight of the poor into a winning campaign issue?; The Class-Consciousness Raiser: In the nation’s classrooms, middle class teachers increasingly encounter poor students, often with disastrous results. Ruby Payne says she has the secrets to help them cross the great divide; Shop Stewards on Fantasy Island? With nothing but the very rich and the people who serve them, Florida’s Fisher Island is a stark metaphor for income inequality in America — and an irresistible target for labor activists; and Should We Globalize Labor Too? These days, capital and goods cross borders with ease.
Lant Pritchett says that if the developing world’s workers could do the same, everyone would benefit; Roger Lowenstein on The Inequality Conundrum: How can you promote equality without killing off the genie of American prosperity?; a look at how former Treasury secretary Larry Summers is having second thoughts about how to make globalization work for the middle class; and a quiet exchange of funds lets a family buy a new house and helps the seller get a good price. So why is it illegal? A review of The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes. For Brink Lindsey, affluence is a uniter, not a divider: A review of The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America’s Politics and Culture. Who are you kidding? A review of Consumed by Benjamin Barber and The Real Toy Story: The Shocking Inside Story on Toys and the Industry That Makes Them by Eric Clark.
From Psychology Today, a study finds the media messes with men's minds too, and here are five shocking stats about men and sex. How Viagra, bikinis and the internet changed the sexual landscape: A review of Manliness by Harvey C. Mansfield; Impotence: A Cultural History by Angus McLaren; Sex & the Psyche: Revealing the True Nature of Our Secret Fantasies From the Largest Ever Survey of Its Kind by Brett Kahr; and The Swimsuit: A Fashion History From 1920s Biarritz and the Birth of the Bikini to St Tropez and Sports Illustrated by Sarah Kennedy. Reaffirming boyhood in all of its politically incorrect glory: A review of The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden.
