Economist, Jan 4, 2014

choi

(1) Schumpeter | Bringing Home the Bacon; Tiny Denmark is an agricultural superpower.
www.economist.com/news/business/ ... bringing-home-bacon

My comment:
(a) The article, while fascinating, fails to explain why Denmark, rather than Taiwan for example, is an "agricultural superpower."  
(b) Danish Agriculture & Food Council
www.agricultureandfood.dk

Please click "Danish Agriculture & Food" in the top horizontal bar.

This explains a bit, but still does not address why, what distinguishes Denmark.


(2) The first world war in comics | The Longest Day; The battle of the Somme's first day in 24 feet.
www.economist.com/news/books-and ... 24-feet-longest-day
("On the first day alone [at the battle of the Somme, July 1, 1916-Nov 18, 1916; on either side of the River Somme, which is a Celtic word meaning 'tranquility,' in France], July 1st 1916, more than 57,000 British troops were killed or wounded. They were part of a 120,000-strong wave intended to break the stalemate on the western front. The attack was meticulously planned, generously supplied and, in the end, a disaster. The pre-attack artillery fire that was supposed to dislodge the Germans from their trenches failed: it was notable, Adam Hochschild writes in an accompanying essay to “The Great War”, “mainly for its noise”. The Germans simply waited out the attacks in deep bunkers, then used artillery that had been camouflaged to shred the advancing troops. It remains the single bloodiest day in British military history")