De Republica

1. Margaret Atwood Speaking at Davos World Economic Forum

http://bit.ly/cefpSQ

2. Primers on foreign aid. The Sachs and Easterly books are good places to start-an intellectual cage match.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/features/readinglists/what-to-read-on-foreign-aid

3. Notes from The Field: MasterCard Foundation head’s Blog posts

http://www.themastercardfoundation.org/notes_from_the_field.htm

4. Davos rap up from The Economist

http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15446839

5. This is still making me laugh. The funniest and smartest thing I read all week..

http://onion.com/dyjaGs

6. Naval gazing-empire style: “How America Can Rise Again” James Fallows

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/201001/american-decline