links for 2007-11-30

• Stumbling and Mumbling: Incompetence & the crisis of the Left
  For years, one big political question has been: what should the state do and what should the market do?
  (tags: politics state markets)
• Undercover restorers fix Paris landmark s clock | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
  For a year from September 2005 under the nose of the Panthéon s unsuspecting security officials a group of intrepid "illegal restorers" set up a secret workshop and lounge in a cavity under the building s famous dome. Under the supervision of group mem
  (tags: art crime culture europe France society urban Architecture clock paris)