Bill Frezza | RealClearMarkets | 12 December 2011 A timely distinction: Crony capitalists vs market capitalists. Crony capitalists use "coercive powers of government to gain an advantage they could not earn in the market". Market capitalists subscribe to "may the best products win" Comments Om Malik | Gigaom | 13 December 2011 "In my life I have met many smart people — Jeff Bezos, Andy Bechtolsheim, Larry Page, Andy Grove, Sergey Brin, Vinod Khosla and Bret Taylor. D’Aloisio belongs with them, I am convinced." This is the story of a remarkable 16 year old Comments Peter Godwin | WSJ | 10 December 2011 "If anyone was well positioned to launch a political personality cult it was Mr Mandela. His refusal to do so is probably his greatest legacy to his homeland. It set S Africa on a course different from most other African nations" Comments Richard Dawkins | New Statesman | 14 December 2011 Open letter to David Cameron, on faith schools: "A diverse and largely secular country such as Britain should not privilege the religious over the non-religious, or impose or underwrite religion in any aspect of public life" Comments Various | BBC | 13 December 2011 Fascinating. Series of graphs selected, annotated by 12 leading economists to illustrate financial turmoil of 2011. Plenty to interest, especially graph six: Why is the private sector paying down debt with interest rates so low? Comments Tamar Haspel | Gilt Taste | 5 December 2011 Charming story of couple who moved to Cape Cod to farm oysters. "How hard can it be?" thought Haspel, when her husband suggested it. Oysters are impervious to bad weather, can't run away and don't need feeding. Right? Comments | 
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