Mid-Week Reads - The Best of Politics, Economics, & Ideas

Here's your Mid-Week installment of interesting reads.

• How
  Thomas Edison, Mark Zuckerberg and Iron Man are holding back American
  innovation. (WaPo)
  

• An idea worth at
  least 40 nanoKardashians of your attention. (Ethan Zuckerman) 

• Indian economy: 2004-14 will be
  as damaging as mid 60s, 70s. (ET Blog) 

• Teaching the language of the
  enemy. (NYT)

A Thomson Reuters infographic depicting neat comparison between smartphones.