From The Little Magazine, an essay on Amartya Sen, economic exclusion and inclusive policy. From Philanthropy, a review of Andrew Carnegie by David Nasaw; and an essay on Preparing for Disaster: Philanthropy and medicine in a post-9/11, post-Katrina, pre-pandemic world. Can we fix inequality without cutting the fortunes of the wealthy? Doubtful, says Robert Frank. Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. Eric Feezell helps a poor man figure out how to make the system work—by any means necessary.
From TNR, Clay Risen on GS TrUE, the private stock exchange that could revolutionize the U.S. financial system. Wal-Mart's Latest Ethics Controversy: An employee who scrupulously followed the company's own ethics guidelines may find herself out of a job. An interview with Amity Shlaes, author of The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression (and two reviews). The first chapter form The New Industrial State by John Kenneth Galbraith.
Blame it on the underpants: A review of Clean: a History of Personal Hygiene and Purity by Virginia Smith. Eternal youth is all in your head: You may not be able to relive your youth but part of your brain can. Mental illness and the price of free will: Are laws protecting the right to refuse psychiatric treatment doing more harm than good. An interview with Allan M. Brandt, author of The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product that Defined America.
