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10 Weekend Reads

Posted By Anna W On July 24, 2011 @ 5:00 am In Financial Press | Comments Disabled

Some interesting reads for your weekend reading pleasure:

• The Big Lie At The Heart Of Rupert Murdoch’s Media Empire (Alter Net ^[1]) see also Fury at Murdoch reflects pent-up anger of intimidated politicians (Washington Post ^[2])
• Is “Finance” a Cult? (Umair Haque ^[3])
• What the Keynesians learned from the crisis (Washington Post ^[4]) see also I’m starting to think that the Left might actually be right (Telegraph ^[5])
• A handbag away from our debt ceiling (Tim Harford ^[6])
• Weather business sizzles in the summer heat (Globe and Mail ^[7])
• Google + Start Up Guide (Google ^[8])
• How Steve Jobs Does It: The Auteur vs. the Committee (NYT ^[9])
• Webs and whirligigs: Marshall McLuhan in his time and ours (Nieman Journalism Lab ^[10])
• If Your Website’s Full Of Assholes, It’s Your Fault (Anil Dash ^[11])
• The Problem With Memoirs (NYT ^[12])

What are you reading?

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[1] Alter Net: http://www.alternet.org/story/151713/the_big_lie_at_the_heart_of_rupert_murdoch%27s_media_empire/?page=entire

[2] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fury-at-rupert-murdoch-reflects-pent-up-anger-of-intimidated-politicians/2011/07/21/gIQAqDkiSI_print.html

[3] Umair Haque: http://umairhaque.blogspot.com/

[4] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/what-the-keynesians-learned-from-the-crisis/2011/07/11/gIQAApLdNI_blog.html?wprss=ezra-klein

[5] Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8655106/Im-starting-to-think-that-the-Left-might-actually-be-right.html

[6] Tim Harford: http://timharford.com/2011/07/a-handbag-away-from-our-debt-ceiling/

[7] Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/weather-business-sizzles-in-the-summer-heat/article2105708/

[8] Google: https://plus.google.com/photos/114831291174925522786/albums/5632463702608817169#photos/114831291174925522786/albums/5632463702608817169/5632463704877751186

[9] NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/technology/what-apple-has-that-google-doesnt-an-auteur.html?_r=2&smid=tw-nytimesbusiness&seid=auto

[10] Nieman Journalism Lab: http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/07/webs-and-whirligigs-marshall-mcluhan-in-his-time-and-ours/

[11] Anil Dash: http://dashes.com/anil/2011/07/if-your-websites-full-of-assholes-its-your-fault.html

[12] NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/books/review/Genzlinger-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

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