Best of the Week: May 2-8, 2010

From the Editor's Desk

Jun 4

Written By

10. Cuba: A Way Forward -- Nik Steinberg & Daniel Wilkinson
9. Who Pays for the Oil Cleanup? -- Bradford Plumer
8. Five Myths About the Pill -- Barbara Kantrowitz & Pat Wingert
7. The Message from the Glaciers -- Orville Schell
6. Big Pharma, Bad Medicine -- Marcia Angell
5. Afghanistan: Is It Time to Talk to the Taliban? -- Jonathan Steele
4. Capital Markets Committee Proposes Blueprint for Compromise on Financial Reform -- Hal Scott, Can a Clearinghouse Really Stop the Next Financial Crisis? -- Mark Roe, and How to Avoid a "Bailout Bill" -- John B. Taylor
3. High-Tech Death from Above: U.S. Drone Wars Fuel War Crimes -- Tom Burghardt
2. Shadow Banking -- Nomi Prins
1. Dems Break GOP's Attempted Filibuster in the Senate, But Proposed Wall Street Reforms Are Pretty Flimsy -- Zach Carter and A "Modest Proposal" for Capital Market Reform: Close Down Rule 144A -- Jeff Madrick & Stephen Diamond
BONUS: Group Think -- Steven Strogatz

Barbara KantrowitzBradford PlumerDaniel WilkinsonHal ScottJeff MadrickJohn B- TaylorJonathan SteeleMarcia AngellMark RoeNik SteinbergNomi PrinsOrville SchellPat WingertStephen DiamondSteven StrogatzTom BurghardtZach Carter

Best of the Week(s): May 9 - June 5, 2010

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