A new issue of Bidoun is out. From TAP, Obama seeks to boost demand for organic food but doesn't offer meaningful support for the people who grow it; and what would meaningful assistance for unconventional farmers look like? From Parabola, Claire Dunne on Jung's Red Book: Life after depth; and an article on death and its afterlives in the tarot. From Tehran Review, Victor Kal on theocracy and democracy: Political theological jiu jitsu to the max! From The Hedgehog Review, a special section on the phantom economy: Apart from yet interrelated to the “real economy” — the productive economy of goods and services — is another financial economy, including Robert Jackall on the Madoff affair and the casino economy, and Philip Mirowski on The Great Mortification: Economists’ responses to the crisis of 2007 (and counting). The news gets me high: David Mekelburg on books vs. addictive Internet news. One man's giant Pacific Garbage Patch is another's beautiful island nation. From n+1, an interview with Megan K. Stack, author of Every Man in This Village is a Liar: An Education in War. Carole Cadwalladr on Oliver Stone and the politics of film-making. From Scientific American, a look at 12 events that will change everything. Zip it: Paul Romer on how anti-disorder campaigns can change urban norms. A review of If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? Universiteit, markt en management by Chris Lorenz.
