12.20.2008

sugechoices...

...for light-but-heavy reading to mortify oneself on wintery nights...

1. Mafalda inédita, by Quino

2. Susan Sontag's Shocking, Wonderful, Unfunny Diaries, from Slate magazine's Dec. 2008... along with Reborn: Journals & Notebooks 1947-1963

3. 5 Reasons the Economy Tanked, from Vanity Fair's Jan. 2009 issue...

Capitalist Fools, by Joseph E. Stiglitz Behind the debate over remaking U.S. financial policy will be a debate over who’s to blame. It’s crucial to get the history right, writes a Nobel-laureate economist, identifying five key mistakes—under Reagan, Clinton, and Bush II—and one national delusion...