Sunday, December 21, 2008

Reading List

1) Nick Kristof explaining how heroes come in many forms
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/27/opinion/27kristof.html?scp=1&sq=kristof%20giving%20thanks&st=cse
2) New Yorker article on the anatomy of a soup kitchen
http://treylaura.blogspot.com/2008/09/frazier-new-yorker-chelsea-soup-kitchen.html
3) The market for recylables has collapsed amidst the recession, setting back environmental programs across the country.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/business/08recycle.html?_r=1&ref=business
4) A Fortune writer who covered Detroit for decades takes a trip down memory lane to assess how it has all gone wrong. In the story the write somewhat admits that he was Detroit's flack but does not really since after all that would be to acknowledge complicity in the great demise.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/21/magazines/fortune/taylor_generalmotors.fortune/index.htm

5) Slate article on how foreign automakers have become a huge employer in the American South (and user of state subsidies)
http://www.slate.com/id/2206525/

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