Assorted links

1. Why the financial sector grew so much in the first place, from James Surowiecki.

2. The Atlantic Dozen, including Richard Posner, Daniel Akst, Richard Florida, and Edward Tenner.

3. The key issue in banking theory.

4. Don't blame Gauguin for van Gogh's severed ear.

5. I agree with Malcolm Gladwell on the financial crisis.

6. In fact a good argument against capitalism.