Davos
Davos Frets About Elites
There is no better example of social and economic policy discussion as an idle pastime for the rich than the World Economic Forum at Davos. These guys make the millionaire schmoozers at the Aspen Ideas Festival look like short-order cooks. READ MORE >>
The Fantasy of American Government and Why People Cling to It
Governing the World: The History of an IdeaBy Mark Mazower (Penguin Press, 475 pp., $29.95) READ MORE >>
Wait, Wasn’t Bain Supposed To Be Off-Limits?
The Visionary
Occupy Davos
The Occupy movement has found, at last, the heart of the beast. The good news is that it's in the Swiss Alps, with some of the finest skiing in all of Europe just a stone's throw away. The bad news is that instead of tents the Occupiers get igloos. Who knew Davos could be a hardship post? Give me Cleveland any day. READ MORE >>
Over-Rated Thinkers
Welcome to TNR’s 2011 list issue. Yesterday we named the most powerful, least famous people in Washington. Today’s installment: DC’s most over-rated thinkers. READ MORE >>
The Internet Intellectual
Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live By Jeff Jarvis (Simon & Schuster, 263 pp., $26.99) READ MORE >>
When Philosophy Mattered
Continental Divide: Heidegger, Cassirer, Davos By Peter E. Gordon (Harvard University Press, 426 pp., $39.95) READ MORE >>
Ottomania
Saint and Sinner
Bitter Spring: A Life of Ignazio Silone By Stanislao Pugliese (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 426 pp., $35) READ MORE >>
