Gordon Wood a los 90.
“What book am I reading?” Wood asked.
Will nodded. “What book in American history?”
“I’m not reading American history right now,” Wood laughed. “I just finished Proust! I said I would do it before I die, and well . . .”
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The Roman agricultural guide De Re Rustica mentions the classic principal-agent problem of slave labor.
Since slaves are not properly compensated with the fruits of their labor, they require constant supervision. But since good supervision is difficult to obtain—and the supervisors themselves require supervision to do a good job—free labor is often preferable in the end.
"a man's personal supervision never fails to yield a larger return from his land than does that of a tenant..On far distant estates, however, which it is not easy for the owner to visit, it is better for every kind of land to be under free farmers"
Best Reads from the World Press (June 15)
Régis Debray, portraitiste de l’émergence d’une « nouvelle France » (Le Monde, Book Review)
Read here: https://t.co/TY6wcwQXKP
"Del 68 para aquí, abundan los pedagogos empeñados en decirnos que la objetividad del conocimiento riguroso es menos relevante para un niño que su estado emocional".
Un baño de sentido común esta entrevista de Jorge Soley a G. Luri.
https://t.co/AxaZ1NfLfW vía @eldebate_com
@Lola_2004 Lo curioso es que los manifestantes anti-inmigración se enfrentan a una Presidenta declaradamente antisionista y a un Gerry Adams, que ahora defiende a los inmigrantes cuando no hace mucho encontraba el ser protestante razón suficiente para matarte. Por no hablar ya de de Valera.
Gambetta found Édouard Manet to be delightful company ... The painter’s eyes had a squinting, amused expression, and his cheeks were covered by a soft blond beard. They said he was one of the few men left who knew how to talk to women.
Sebastian Smee, Paris in Ruins
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Imatges de la detenció de l'assassí d'Esplugues per part de dos agents de la USC de Mossos d'Esquadra a l'entrada a Barcelona per l'Avinguda Diagonal. Pistola en mà.
@MordodeMaru Ahora, la cartera con la cinta de goma cosida a la chaqueta el llavero con cadenita al pantalón, el móvil colgado del cuello, etc. Todo obligatorio, claro.