Ghaith Abdul-Ahad | Guardian | 16 January 2012 Horrifying, important account of corruption and lack of humanity in Iraq. "You pay $300,000 to buy a post as a security chief of a neighbourhood for a year and you have to get your money back. It's like an investment" Comments Alan Krueger | Center For American Progress | 12 January 2012 Share of income going to top 1% has reached "mindboggling" levels. Middle class has shrunk, economic mobility has fallen. Here's why it happened, what it means, and what to do about it (10-page PDF with additional PowerPoint slides) Comments Mike Daisey | This American Life | 13 January 2012 Transcript of radio show in which reporter visits Foxconn factory in Shenzhen, China, where iPhones are made. 430,000 workers, many underage, working in conditions unimaginable to those in the West. Eye-opening, compelling, shocking Comments John Médaille | Front Porch Republic | 13 January 2012 Economists tend to think that barter comes first, followed by money, then credit systems. But, as David Graeber has shown, historical evidence points in the opposite direction. Barter emerges when credit and money collapse Comments John Kaye | LA Review of Books | 15 January 2012 Wild romp through screenwriter's life, as he recalls trips to New Orleans, boxing bouts, and bizarre encounters with Fear and Loathing author. Very enjoyable but beware: Contains drugs, casual sex, crudity and profanity Comments Scott Murray | Guardian | 13 January 2012 Great moments in darts, "the last resort of thoroughly improbable people". Featuring Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Keith Talent, Jocky Wilson, Phil Taylor. "Jocky is a man of few words, most of them, 'I cannae believe it'" Comments | 
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