The Economist’s Christmas Double Issue

At the Hubert Humphrey terminal last week on our way back from South Dakota, I picked up the Christmas double issue of The Economist for some reading on the plane. I can’t say I read it often, but this particular issue was really impressive. Chock full of great insights and interesting tangents on psychology, food, crime and science.

Here’s the full table of contents. I especially enjoyed reading the bits on scents and attractiveness, property bubbles, the intersection of Sufism and Islam, oysters, a man without memories, arms dealers, Bernie Madoff (twice), and the psychology of malice.