US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, and Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, appear before Congress in March 2009 ©New York Times/Eyevine Jan 11, 2013

The financial crisis explained

John McDermott reviews Alan Blinder’s ‘After the Music Stopped: the Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead’

Jan 11, 2013

Not what the doctor ordered

Despite his huge success, Jonathan Miller is haunted by his decision to abandon medicine. Roger Lewis reviews ‘In Two Minds’, by Kate Bassett

Jan 11, 2013

Money for nothing

Why did efforts to aid Haiti following the 2010 earthquake end up doing so little good? Andrew Jack reviews ‘The Big Truck That Went By’, by Jonathan Katz

Jan 11, 2013

Sex, drugs and demagoguery

A biography of Gabriele d’Annunzio, an Italian poet-aviator and prototype Fascist. Ian Thomson reviews ‘The Pike’, by Lucy Hughes-Hallett

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‘The World Until Yesterday’

Cures for modern ills in less developed societies. Stephen Cave reviews ‘The World Until Yesterday’, by Jared Diamond

The Monday Review

cover of Misunderstanding Financial Crises by Gary Gorton

Gary Gorton’s ‘Misunderstanding Financial Crises’ pins the blame on blind faith and faulty models

Small talk

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Nick Laird: Who might I choose to play me in a film? Adam Scott, who people say I look like, and Gonzo

The Last Days of Detroit Jan 4, 2013

Down in Detroit

Long synonymous with urban devastation, the home of American carmaking may at last be poised for a revival. Rose Jacobs reviews ‘The Last Days of Detroit’, by Mark Binelli

Navel Gazing Jan 4, 2013

Supersize obsession

An overeater’s meticulous and humble memoir. Talitha Stevenson reviews ‘Navel Gazing’, by Anne Putnam

Birds in a Cage Jan 4, 2013

Passion for the natural world

Carl Wilkinson reviews ‘Birds in a Cage’, by Derek Niemann

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Keep it simple

Carol Loomis’s new book ‘Tap Dancing to Work’ chronicles the investor’s extraordinary success

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Swinging in the rain

‘Trad Dads, Dirty Boppers and Free Fusioneers’’ by Duncan Heining illustrates how rapid social change shaped British jazz

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