First Links — 10.3.13

The Case Against the Global Novel
Pankaj Mishra, Financial Times

How America’s Marriage Crisis Makes Income Inequality Worse
Derek Thompson, Atlantic Cities

Two Nations, Under Mammon
Patrick J. Deneen, American Conservative

Giving Your Money to Drug Addicts
Marc Barnes, Bad Catholic

Morality Is Not a Biological Issue
Gerard M. Verschuuren, Strange Notions

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