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Lender of Last Resort
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![Illustration by MELINDA BECK](/system/files/styles/square_thumbnail/private/media/3388_amh_400x381.png?h=f6a64fef&itok=caspfReq&__=1543717651)
by Walter Nicholson
Larry Ball’s new book explores the bankruptcy of the investment banking firm Lehman Brothers and the Fed’s response to the crisis.
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“Gracias por escuchar”
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![Martina Castro ’04](/system/files/styles/square_thumbnail/private/media/Martina-36_850x567.jpg?h=804eb763&itok=CqpxFBHN&__=1543717901)
by Katherine Duke ’05
Martina Castro ’04 discusses Duolingo Spanish Podcast, her Spanish-language podcast that went to #1 on iTunes.
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Short Takes
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![Illustration by GREG CLARKE](/system/files/styles/square_thumbnail/private/media/amherst-reading-cat-3_400x355.png?h=a8cc1119&itok=Xffykk8r&__=1543718189)
by Katherine Duke ’05
Reason, review, rethink, remake, redeem—and rejoice at these new offerings from Amherst authors!
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Distorting Reality
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![Pooja Rangan, Assistant Professor of English in Film and Media Studies](/system/files/styles/square_thumbnail/private/media/Rangan_AuthorPic_850x567.jpg?h=804eb763&itok=kbZBFpUP&__=1543718726)
by Jacob Pagano ’18
Assistant Professor Pooja Rangan’s new book, Immediations: The Humanitarian Impulse in Documentary, askes whether documentary film empowers or exploits.
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Miserable People
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![Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder](/system/files/styles/square_thumbnail/private/media/destination-wedding-_J4A4682a_rgb_850x567.jpg?h=804eb763&itok=yu5Wys3y&__=1543719157)
by Josh Bell ’02
A review of Victor Levin ’83’s Destination Wedding, a “cerebral, talky romance” starring Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder.