Opium’s murderous brood
The United States of Oxycontin
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Has Twitter Killed the Long Read?
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The Avital Ronell Case: Culture Wars in the Twilight of Humanities Departments
Brian Leiter, the Matt Drudge of the philosophy world, sheds light on a dark period in higher ed
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Germany Is Abuzz, Literally
Tourism Lit: the summer of wasps in Berlin
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Dreaming of Walter Benjamin on Walter Benjamin Platz
Tourism Lit: A tortured seer’s lost metropolis in Berlin
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Standing By the Wall (By the Wall)
Tourism Lit: The Berlin Wall Museum
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The History of Work
The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work by Joanne B. Ciulla
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What Work Is
Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs at the Turn of the Millennium
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1995, the year the Net broke: An insider’s look at the early days of Internet culture
Money, Greed and Risk: Why Financial Crises and Crashes Happen by Charles R. Morris
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High Stakes, No Prisoners by Charles H. Ferguson
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From Bucknell to Boiler Room
License to Steal by Anonymous and Timothy Harper (HarperBusiness)
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A Nation of Greater Fools?
The Internet Bubble: Inside the Overvalued World of High-Tech Stocks–and What You Need to Know to Avoid the Coming Shakeout
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You Say You Want a Revolution
The Control Revolution by Andrew L. Shapiro
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The Secret Lives of Day Traders
Double review: The Day Traders and Electronic Day Traders’ Secrets
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