Posts Tagged ‘America’
Crashed: full text of review
19 Sep 2018This is the full text of my review essay published on spiked on 13 September. The bankruptcy a decade ago of Lehman Brothers, a Wall Street investment bank, is widely seen as turning point in early 21st-century history. Many view it as a trigger for the global financial crisis, which in turn precipitated the worst […]
Elites versus social media
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12 Aug 2018The spiked review has published an article by me on how the fear of ‘populism’ has led to an elite turn against social media. I will upload the full text at a later date but for now it is available by simple following the link.
- Tags: America, Germany, media appearances, spiked, technology
Discussion on Silicon Valley
15 Jan 2018I will be introducing a discussion on the backlash against Silicon Valley at the Academy of Ideas Economy Forum in London on the evening of Tuesday 13 February. More details can be found here. NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE.
- Tags: America, Britain, Europe, speeches, technology
The Know It Alls
5 Dec 2017On Friday 1 December the Financial Times published my review of Noam Cohen’s The Know It Alls. I have pasted it below including some sentences that were cut (in bold). The Know-It-Alls does not quite accuse the most famous entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley of devouring human flesh but its claims are not that far off. […]
- Tags: America, book, inequality, review, technology
Battle of Ideas reminder
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21 Oct 2017A reminder that I will be debating “Silicon Valley: from heroes to zeroes” at the Battle of Ideas in London next weekend. Do come along to the whole event.
- Tags: America, economics, inequality, speeches, technology
Studying the Power Elite
20 Oct 2017My Financial Times review of William Domhoff’s Studying the Power Elite looks at the historical discussion of political power in America. Should wealthy individuals have a greater say in the running of modern democratic societies than other citizens? The official answer nowadays is, arguably, no. In the early days of the US, however, voting was […]
- Tags: America, book, inequality, media appearances, review
Battle of Ideas debate
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10 Sep 2017I will be speaking on Silicon Valley from Heroes to Zeroes on the second day of the weekend Battle of Ideas festival in London on 28-29 October. Come along to the whole event if you can.
- Tags: America, inequality, speeches, technology
The Wisdom of Money
4 Jul 2017This review appeared in the Financial Times on 23 June. It is all too easy for individuals to think that assumptions prevalent in their own country are universal. Take, for instance, the thorny question of politeness. What is considered reasonable behaviour in one country can be seen as outrageously rude in another. Just look at […]
- Tags: America, book, Europe, inequality, media appearances, review
The Fractured Republic
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24 Jun 2016This is the original (unedited) version of my latest book review for the Financial Times. Although Yuval Levin is a self-avowed conservative he takes aim at both sides of the US political divide in this perceptive work. The former White House staffer under President George W Bush sees both progressives and conservatives as wallowing in […]
- Tags: America, book, inequality, media appearances, review
Two reviews in Financial Times
12 Mar 2016Yesterday the Financial Times published two book reviews by me: a piece on Dark Money by Susan Mayer and another on The Hidden Wealth of Nations by Gabriel Zucman.The text of the former, a study of the Koch brothers and their influence on American politics, appears below. I will upload the text of the other […]
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