Publication: The Economist

First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Biology and financial instability: The molecules of mayhem

The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk-Taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust. By John Coates. Fourth Estate; 310 pages; £20. To be published in America in June by Penguin Press; $27.95. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.ukTHE financial crisis ... [ Published May 25 2012 by The Economist ]

Entities: John Coates, Testosterone, Hydrocortisone, Biology

First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

The Barnes Collection: A phoenix rises

The eyes have itTHROUGH the smoky lenses of his glasses, the eyes look rather wild. The subject of this 1926 portrait (pictured) of a misanthrope by Giorgio de Chirico is Dr Albert C. Barnes. Chemist, businessman, educator and champion of equal rights ... [ Published May 25 2012 by The Economist ]

Entities: William Glackens, Maurice Prendergast, African-Americans, Giorgio de Chirico

First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Depression through the ages: Melancholy journey

In the grip of the black dogFrom Melancholia to Prozac: A History of Depression. By Clark Lawlor. Oxford University Press; 265 pages; $24.99 and £14.99. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.ukWHAT is depression? The ancient Greeks believed it resulted from ... [ Published May 25 2012 by The Economist ]

Entities: Emil Kraepelin, Melancholia, Prozac

First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Lawrence Summers

The economic waning of America: Myths large and small

Time to Start Thinking: America in the Age of Descent. By Edward Luce. Atlantic Monthly Press; 292 pages; $26. Little, Brown; £20. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.ukBetter, Stronger, Faster: The Myth of American Decline…and the Rise of a New Economy. By ... [ Published May 25 2012 by The Economist ]

Entities: Edward Luce, Daniel Gross, Lawrence Summers, Invention

First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

The joy of walking: The wanderer’s tale

The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot. By Robert Macfarlane. Hamish Hamilton; 433 pages; £20. To be published in America by Viking in October; $26.95. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.ukREADERS of Robert Macfarlane’s previous books will not be surprised at how ... [ Published May 25 2012 by The Economist ]

Entities: Hamish Hamilton, Skylark, Kestrel, Cumulus

First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Ian Bremmer

The political waning of America: Unconvincing

Every Nation For Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World. By Ian Bremmer. Portfolio; 229 pages; $26.95 and £14.99. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.ukBRAZIL and Turkey, once reliable backers of America’s geostrategic goals, conspicuously went their ... [ Published May 25 2012 by The Economist ]

Entities: Ian Bremmer, Leadership, Turkey

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 1 Documents

Franklin D Roosevelt

American business in wartime: Democracy’s arsenal

Her country needed herFreedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II. By Arthur Herman. Random House; 413 pages; $28. Buy from Amazon.com“WHAT is America but beauty queens, millionaires, stupid records and Hollywood?” asked Adolf ... [ Published May 18 2012 by The Economist ]

Entities: Arthur Herman, Adolf Hitler, Franklin D Roosevelt, Democracy

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 1 Documents

Demography: A new science of population

Too few recruits in futureWorld Population Policies: Their Origin, Evolution, and Impact. By John May. Springer; 339 pages; $179 and £117. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.ukPolitical Demography: How Population Changes Are Reshaping International Security ... [ Published May 18 2012 by The Economist ]

Entities: John May, Fertility, Paul Ehrlich

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 1 Documents

Crime in the shadow of the Great Wall: In the old days

Midnight in Peking. By Paul French. Penguin; 260 pages; $26. Viking; £12.99. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.ukCHINA in the early part of the 20th century was home to an itinerant mix of foreign scholars, refugees, businessmen, missionaries, soldiers and ... [ Published May 18 2012 by The Economist ]

Entities: Paul French, Great Wall Group Co Ltd, Crime, Beijing

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 1 Documents

Turkey’s cultural ambitions: Of marbles and men

IN THE spring of 1887 a Lebanese villager named Mohammed Sherif discovered a well near Sidon that led to two underground chambers. These turned out to be a royal tomb containing 18 magnificent marble sarcophagi dating back to the fifth century BC. The ... [ Published May 18 2012 by The Economist ]

Entities: Turkey, Ertugrul Gunay, Carl Humann

First Reported May 10 2012 - Updated May 11 2012 - 1 Documents

The sea: An ocean of troubles

The Ocean of Life: The Fate of Man and the Sea. By Callum Roberts. Viking; 390 pages; $30. Allen Lane; £25. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.ukIN 1998 a rise in sea temperatures caused by El Niño, a periodic eastward surge of warm Pacific water, caused ... [ Published May 10 2012 by The Economist ]

Entities: Callum Roberts, Anthropogenic, Global Warming/Climate Change

First Reported May 11 2012 - Updated May 11 2012 - 1 Documents

This week in print: Central American gangs, Argentine state-owned companies, the quinoa trade and Cuban ballet

UNABLE to quell the violence wracking the region, some Central American governments have tried to arrange truces between gangs. This week's issue of The Economist examines whether this tactic does more good than harm. It also looks at the fate of Argentina's ... [ Published May 11 2012 by The Economist ]

Entities: The Economist, Entrepreneur, United Kingdom

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The political waning of America: Unconvincing [ Published May 25 2012 by The Economist ]
The Barnes Collection: A phoenix rises [ Published May 25 2012 by The Economist ]
Depression through the ages: Melancholy journey [ Published May 25 2012 by The Economist ]
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The joy of walking: The wanderer’s tale [ Published May 25 2012 by The Economist ]
Biology and financial instability: The molecule... [ Published May 25 2012 by The Economist ]
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Demography: A new science of population [ Published May 18 2012 by The Economist ]
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Turkey’s cultural ambitions: Of marbles and men [ Published May 18 2012 by The Economist ]
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