Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Sunday, 7 June 2015


Sunday reading on nybooks.comThomas Piketty on inequality, William Dalrymple on the Deccan sultans, Michael Massing on digital journalism, Michael Tomasky on Clinton CashJenny Uglow on Waterloo fever, and Garry Wills on how Pope Francis follows his namesake.
 
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Thomas Piketty
In his profound new book, Inequality: What Can Be Done?, Anthony Atkinson provides us with the broad outlines of a new radical reformism.
 
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William Dalrymple
The extraordinary renaissance of the arts that took place in the Deccan region during the 16th century is only now beginning to receive the scholarly attention it deserves. But in the last few years, new books, scholarly conferences, and exhibitions have begun to fill this lacuna.
 
Michael Massing
It was with great anticipation that I arrived for my appointment at the editorial offices of BuzzFeed on West 23rd Street in Manhattan. Among journalists, no other website has stirred more interest, resentment, or envy.
 
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Michael Tomasky
As Hillary Rodham Clinton pursues the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, we face a situation that is wholly without precedent in modern American electoral history.
 
In the Art and Money issueJanet Malcolm on Anna KareninaJed Perl on Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit, Ingrid Rowland on the new Whitney Museum, John Richardson on Picasso, James Fenton on the Rothschilds, Martin Filler on Gaudí’s unfinished masterpiece,Hilton Als on Peter Doig, Christian Caryl on the Boston bombers, and more
 
Jenny Uglow
There’s some irony in celebrating the 200th anniversary of the British defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, given David Cameron’s promise to hold a referendum within two years to decide if Britain should leave the EU.
 
Garry Wills
In his closeness to the laity, Pope Francis earns the name he has chosen. He tells bishops and priests to get out of their palace