The New York Review of Books on novelist and critic Margaret Atwood's latest book about the culture of debt.
"From being a necessary tool in productive enterprise, debt came to be viewed as an instrument of wealth creation. Using cheap credit, hedge funds and investment banks were able to multiply their profits, while society at large—including some in its poorest groups—came to see taking on large amounts of debt as a way of building up capital. Now that this structure of debt is unwinding, older ideas may be on their way back: "We seem to be entering a period in which debt has passed through its most recent harmless and fashionable period, and is reverting to being sinful."
The Atlantic on Goan dim sum.
Slate on the protests of Pakistani lawyers.
Tariq Ali on the disturbing history of the Bhutto family.
The New York Times on the failures of Hollywood in India.
A bizarre Telegraph piece attacking Slumdog and Salaam Bombay.
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