the Closing of Tabs

I've had absolutely no time to blog lately, but here are a fistful of interesting things written by other people.

• Johann Hari outlines the real reasons why we should distrust the World Bank (and it's not because of Paul Wolfowitz). See also: Naomi Klein.

• Zadie Smith goes to Liberia. (via ILRF).
  

• A real-live economist questions the economic dogma of unlimited growth from an environmental perspective. (via Grist).
  

• A long (and, truth be told, fairly depressing) expose of the high rate of job deaths in the oil and gas industries. (via the Pump Handle).

• A gorgeous photo collection illustrating the evolution of life on earth.

• And lastly, two absolutely fabulous NY Times articles by Michael Pollan about nutrition and the consequences of our farm subsidies.