Media Lax Media

They get away with it because it's easier to hide in the shadows of a statehouse than it is in Washington, D.C., because, in general, more activity occurs below the public's radar screen in the states.

Weak Limb of the Fourth Estate

Literature World Bank Literature

Amitava Kumar writes about how "World Literature" should be referred to as "World Bank Literature" and about the influence globalization is having on writers.

When my students and I examine the conditions of work for teachers elsewhere, especially a place like India whose literature we are prepared to consume and where people’s salaries and services have been deeply affected by the World Bank and the IMF—when we do that, are we reading 'World Literature' as 'World Bank Literature?'

Who would link a riot in a suburb of Lyon to a political decision of 1970? Crimes go unpunished because people forget. All the critical forces in society need to insist on the inclusion of social costs of economic decisions in economic calculations.
· Social Costs [McLiterature]