Philip Tetlock reviews The Fat Tail: The Power of Political Knowledge for Strategic Investing by Ian Bremmer and Preston Keat; The Predictioneer’s Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita; and The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century by George Friedman. An interview with John Riordan and Kristen Becker, authors of The Good Office: Green Design on the Cutting Edge. Triumph and tragedy: Sean Wilentz on the seesaw life of Edward M. Kennedy; and Harold Meyerson on the keeper of the liberal flame (and more and more and more; and more from The Daily Beast). The punch that took two lives: Nearly 17 years ago, Joe Donovan initiated a tragic chain of events with a brutish act of machismo — but should he be in jail for life? Micronations of the World: Explore these mock sovereign states fueled by local disputes, utopian idealism and the imaginations of a few eccentric individuals. High-tech, hard times fuel latest comeback: The yo-yo has had ups and downs, but it's far from end of its string. Is half a torture investigation better than none at all? Why economists love Meryl Streep: Her new film is sending cookware sales soaring, just as Mamma Mia! boosted Greece.
