Theo Baker is exposed to the inner sanctum of how Silicon Valley makes its anointed fellow travelers unspeakably rich.
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The Class Struggle in Your Wallet
A new book about the meaning of money argues for how to use finance to create a more equitable economy.
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The Internet and Its Discontents
One young woman claims to know what is wrong with girls today: They need to turn to the right.
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The Real Moral Majority
Sen. Chris Murphy has a sense of what ails America, and he wants to restore its spiritual core.
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Who Died When Elon Musk Killed USAID?
Nicholas Enrich’s new memoir details the human toll of the agency’s dismantling.
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How Israel Got This Way
A new book by a genocide scholar traces the roots of the nation’s descent.
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What, Exactly, Is a Fair Wage?
Arindrajit Dube brilliantly dissects how wages really are set—but overlooks the particular hurdles that care workers face.
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Vertical Vertigo
Brian Callaci’s book describes the deregulatory strategies franchisors use to protect their profits.
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The Legacy of the Subway Vigilante
Two new books reveal how a 1980s shooting reflected rising right-wing attitudes in a rapidly gentrifying New York.
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Capital Ideas
Two books on the history of capitalism provide lessons for how to tame it.