July 2008 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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- Comment
  Robert J. Shiller
  , pp. 19-24
  Financial bubbles are like epidemics---and we should treat them both the same way
- Calendar
  Matthew Quirk
  , p. 25
  Babies for sale; surge dirge; L.A. (horror) story; overly friendly skies
- Primary Sources, pp. 26-31
  Saudi justice; snakes on a brain; medieval marketing; the broadband gap; American traitors
- Report
  Jeffrey Tayler
  , pp. 32-38
  Why Vladimir Putin's successful effort to handpick his replacement may backfire
- Editors' Note, p. 39
- American Murder Mystery
  Hanna Rosin
  , pp. 40-55
  What's behind the spike in crime?
- Is Google Making Us Stupid?
  Nicholas Carr
  , pp. 56-63
  Why you can't read the way you used to
- What Rumsfeld Got Right
  Robert D. Kaplan
  , pp. 64-77
  The mixed legacy of a brillian worrier
- The 11 1/2 Biggest Ideas of the Year
  James Fallows, Andrew Sullivan, and Clive Crook
  , pp. 78-83
- Electro-Shock Therapy
  Jonathan Rauch
  , pp. 84-93
  GM bets everything on the plug-in car
- My Amygdala, My Self
  Jeffrey Goldberg
  , pp. 96-101
  Putting the I in MRI
- Distracting Miss Daisy
  John Staddon
  , pp. 102-105
  The case against traffic signs
- Mr. Murdoch Goes to War
  Mark Bowden
  , pp. 106-111
  A new era at The Wall Street Journal
- A Vision in Concrete
  Benjamin Schwarz
  , pp. 119-124
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  I Choose My Choice! (2 Reviews)
  Sandra Tsing Loh
  , pp. 125-127
  A Mother's Work, by Neil Gilbert
  1. A Mother's Work by Neil Gilbert
  2. Get to Work by Linda R. Hirshman
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  New Fiction (Review) , pp. 128-134
  The Ten-Year Nap, by Meg Wolitzer
  1. The Ten-Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer
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  Cassocks and Codpieces (Review)
  Christopher Hitchens
  , pp. 135-139
  The Enchantress of Florence, by Salman Rushdie
  1. The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
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  Cover to Cover (4 Reviews) , p. 140
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    Biography and Memoir (4 Reviews) , p. 140
    1. Julie Andrews: An Intimate Biography by Richard Stirling
    2. Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews
    3. Relish by Ruth Cowen
    4. Woman of Rome by Lily Tuck
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    Fiction (Review) , p. 140
    1. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
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    History (3 Reviews) , p. 140
    1. The Force of Destiny by Christopher Duggan
    2. A Summer of Hummingbirds by Christopher Benfey
    3. The Red Prince by Timothy Snyder
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    Society and Culture (2 Reviews) , pp. 140-142
    1. Mustang by Deanne Stillman
    2. Claim of Privilege by Barry Siegel
- Travels
  Wayne Curtis
  , pp. 143-147
- Culture and Commerce
  Virginia Postrel
  , pp. 148-151
- Word Fugitives
  Barbara Wallraff
  , pp. 152-154
- From a Window
  Christian Wiman
  , pp. 94-95
- A Raft of Grief
  Chelsea Rathburn
  , pp. 112-118
- Letters to the Editor, pp. 12-18