David Grusky | Boston Review | 19 March 2012 Tax reform alone isn't enough. "The institutions that determine compensation are deeply distorted by the visible hand of entrenched and powerful interests. We ought to address this distortion directly through institutional repair" Comments Ian Johnson | NYRB | 19 March 2012 On the misfortunes of Bo Xilai, ousted last week as party boss of Chongqing. Rose on a famous father's coat-tails. Pushed too hard for a seat on the Politburo Standing Committee. Irritated his elders. Taken down a peg Comments Nick Bostrom | Philosophy Now | 17 March 2012 Oxford University philosophy professor provides a provocative parable about death, and the moral compulsion for humans to use every scientific means at our disposal to combat the effects of ageing and maximise our "health-span" Comments Dick Teresi | Salon | 18 March 2012 "Most of us would agree that King Tut and other mummified ancient Egyptians are dead, and that you and I are alive. Somewhere in between these two states lies the moment of death. But where is that?" It's surprisingly tricky to tell Comments John Sutter | CNN | 17 March 2012 It was not until 2007 that owning another person became a criminal offence in Mauritania. Even now an estimated 20% of the population are in "real slavery". Here is an astonishing, at times upsetting, report from the African state Comments Chip Brown | National Geographic | 19 March 2012 Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner was trying to become the first woman to climb all 14 peaks more than 8,000 meters high, without supplemental oxygen. K2 would be her ultimate challenge. One climber has died for every four who've conquered it Comments | 
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