New York Magazine: October 31, 2011 Issue

Table of Contents

October 31, 2011

Cover Story

The Romney Economy

At Bain Capital, Romney remade one American business after another. The results made him a fortune. They also changed the world we live in. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells

Features

The Class War Has Begun

In America’s “classless society,” the battle lines are constantly shifting, making allies of right and left against the elites.

By Frank Rich

Plus: Eliot Spitzer and an Occupy Wall Street protester argue the virtues of capitalism.
Mister Wrong

After he’s done dangling his oeuvre from the Guggenheim’s atrium, Maurizio Cattelan plans to retire from the art world.

By Carl Swanson
Kidnapped at Birth

Nejdra Nance realized the woman she had called Mom for 23 years may have been at the center of one of the most harrowing kidnappings in decades—hers.

By Robert Kolker

Intelligencer

Agenda

Big Nights at Left Bank

Chef Laurence Edelman is cooking up the Italian baked-pasta showstopper known as a timballo.

Strategist

Best Bets

Design Ideas’s soap bones, an eight-hour skull candle, and more.
The Look Book

“I would spearhead childhood missions on my own. I would steal candy from stores.”
The Underground Gourmet Review

On a bustling Brooklyn thoroughfare, a Transcaucasian taste of home.
In Season

Local cauliflower is at its best this time of year.
Forcella to Bring Half-Baked-Half-Fried Pies to Bowery

See a slideshow of pizzas.
Tommy Lasagna Reveals Opening Lineup

Eight variations on the Italian-casserole theme.
The Rentables

The intrepid traveler’s guide to spending a fantasy vacation in someone else’s home.
The Dealbreakers

If you discover a real bargain, the co-op board may not let you get away with it.

Departments

Culture