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

We use the Internet like its a piece of furniture; in fact, without access to the Internet, you could not be reading this web page. Is the Internet just a set of protocols? Journalist Andrew Blum demystifies the idea of the Internet.

• Paul Volcker on greedy bankers and more. (Newsweek) 

• World hunger: The
  problem left behind. (NYT)

• Telangana reloaded. (Indian Express)

• Yashwant Sinha on why the media pundits are getting it wrong
  on reforms and politics. (Economic Times)