10 Sunday Reads

April 29, 2012 7:00am by Barry Ritholtz

Some more longer form reads for your weekend perusal:

• How Physics and Neuroscience Dictate Your “Free” Will (Scientific American)
• China Digs It: How Beijing Cornered the Rare Earths Market (Foreign Affairs)
• Why half of us don’t pay income tax (CNN Money)
• Let’s Stop Big Media’s (B)AD Behavior (Bill Moyers)
• Stiglitz: Politics Is at the Root of the Problem (The European Mag) see also Barry Eichengreen on the Euro (The Browser)
• A spaceship is the perfect gift for the billionaire who has everything (Venture Beat)
• An Unlikely Place to Nurture the Entrepreneurial Spirit? Jail. (Inc.com) see also My Week at Private Equity Boot Camp (Businessweek)
• Yelp, You Cost Me $2000 by Suppressing Genuine Reviews, Here’s How You Fix It (Justin Vincent)
• Twenty Citizens’ Worth Of Blood Flowed Through Him: A Medic Confronts The Open Wounds Of Afghanistan (Deadspin)
• Historic Photos From the NYC Municipal Archives (The Atlantic)

What are you reading?

Slowing Growth Stirs Recovery Fears

Source: WSJ

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