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Latest Musing Bats and Brokers Looking for clues to explain Tuesday's market gyrations? Observe a bloodsucking mammal The renewed  volatility in our tightly coupled financial system calls to mind a piece I wrote for TIME in 2000 during another period of extreme market upheaval. Here it is:   Quick! The market is crashing, and you are overextended, so where do you turn for help: a) y... continue Books Fire & Flood Buy from Amazon Deep Past Buy from Amazon more info Articles by Category endangered animals rapid climate change global deforestation fragging Books The Ragged Edge of the World Winds of Change Buy from Amazon more info Afterword to the softbound edition. The Octopus and the Orangutan more info The Future In Plain Sight more info The Parrot's Lament more info Silent Partners more info Affluence and Discontent more info The Alms Race more info Apes, Men, & Language more info

Just Wondering... Friday November 20, 2015 Why is it that the most gun-crazy states in the country are the most terrified of the prospect of taking in Syrian refugees? Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, all packed with citizens armed to the teeth, have governors scared witless by poor refugees who've been forced to flee by anarchy in their homelands. Didn't the NRA tell us that the only thing that stands between us and a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun? Maybe we need a good guy with a tank? Meanwhile, Connecticut (once memorably derided as a "pussy state" by the Daily Show's Samantha Bee), with relatively strict gun control laws, seems to think it can handle the widows, orphans, and the 2% of military-aged males who find themselves without a country and seeking asylum. contact Eugene Linden

Short Take QUICK AND EASY RECIPE TO BAKE AN INSTANT SOCIALIST     INGREDIENTS:   One cup Libertarian hi-tech entrepreneur   All the hi-tech company’s cash   One cup Silicon Valley Bank   Cooking Instructions:   Combine company cash and entrepreneur with Silicon Valley Bank and bake with low heat during the weekend after the bank collapsed.   Remove entrepreneur from oven Monday morning. If properly cooked, entrepreneur’s first words will be “government bailout.”         read more

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