New York Magazine: July 9, 2012 Issue

Table of Contents

July 9, 2012

Cover Story

The Money-Empathy Gap

Rich people are thinner, healthier, and better educated than the average American. They’re also, if you believe a slew of new research, meaner. By Lisa Miller

On the Cover: Photograph by Catherine Ledner for New York Magazine.

Features

‘Where Was My Mind Wandering?’

Roger Federer isn’t just trying to reclaim his No. 1 ranking this summer. He’s trying to prove that his approach to the game can still triumph.

By Geoffrey Gray
Black-Ops Fixers, CIA Assassins, and the Families That Control Global Finance

And other things that Sam Israel, the Ponzi schemer who cheated investors of $450 million and faked his own suicide, truly believed.

By Guy Lawson

Intelligencer

Culture

Columns

Win-Win-Win

John Roberts saved the Court, Obama got his policy, and the GOP got its issue.

Agenda

Haute Sodium

The Brooklyn-based owners of Colonie and Gran Electrica are expanding their holdings with Governor.

Strategist

Departments