Link-a-palooza

Stuff I haven't read, or have, and want to suggest...

Michael Lewis' great article from Dec. is still great... The End by Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis' other great article about AIG... The Man Who Crashed the World by Michael Lewis


Everybody seems to be thinking and writing about obesity recently, this is a great one... The Politics of Thinking Thin: It's about the Kids by Marc Ambinder

Another 'fatter' option, a review of the literature... XXXL: Why are Americans so Fat? by Elizabeth Kolbert

Best article on the political economy of the American health-care... The Cost Conundrum: What a Texas town can teach us about health-care by Atul Gawande

A cogent reminder of why bi-partisanship is so hard to find (because all the Moderate Republicans lost)... The Senate's Bad Deal by Harold Meyerson

Four days, sounds like too many to me. This is a great analysis and call to arms... Should Thursday be the New Friday: The Environmental and Economic Pluses of a Four-day Workweek by Lynne Peeples


More Praise for a Four Day Week... The Case for a Four Day Workweek by Brad Plumer

Great 'fighting the last war' analysis... The Ghosts of ClintonCare by Ezra Klein

Dali and Pico... The Doctor is Within by Pico Iyer

Krugman hates markets, I love Krugman... Why Markets Can't Cure Health-care by Paul Krugman

Is Sheila Bair the victim of sexism?... Loaded for Bair: Why Sexism is Behind the Attacks on the FDIC Chief by Maureen Tkacik

2008 in the numbers... Stories and Stats: The Truth about Obama's Victory wasn't in the Papers by Andrew Gelman and John Sides