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Tag Archives: The New Gilded Age
The Books: The New Gilded Age: The New Yorker Looks at the Culture of Affluence, edited by David Remnick; ‘Metamoney’, by Adam Gopnik
Next up on the essays shelf: The New Gilded Age: The New Yorker Looks at the Culture of Affluence, edited by David Remnick One of the fun things about this collection of New Yorker essays (focusing on the financial boom … Continue reading
The Books: The New Gilded Age: The New Yorker Looks at the Culture of Affluence, edited by David Remnick; ‘Clicks and Mortar’, by Malcolm Gladwell
Next up on the essays shelf: The New Gilded Age: The New Yorker Looks at the Culture of Affluence, edited by David Remnick Kind of a famous essay by Malcolm Gladwell, from 1999, ‘Clicks and Mortars’ details the backend operations … Continue reading
The Books: The New Gilded Age: The New Yorker Looks at the Culture of Affluence, edited by David Remnick; ‘Hard Core’, by Ken Auletta
Next up on the essays shelf: The New Gilded Age: The New Yorker Looks at the Culture of Affluence, edited by David Remnick A 40+ page essay by Ken Auletta about Bill Gates, Microsoft, and the anti-trust action against Microsoft … Continue reading
The Books: The New Gilded Age: The New Yorker Looks at the Culture of Affluence, edited by David Remnick; ‘The Fountainhead’, by John Cassidy
Next up on the essays shelf: The New Gilded Age: The New Yorker Looks at the Culture of Affluence, edited by David Remnick John Cassidy is a British-American journalist, who is a staff writer for The New Yorker. I love … Continue reading
The Books: The New Gilded Age: The New Yorker Looks at the Culture of Affluence, edited by David Remnick; ‘The Connector’, by Larissa MacFarquhar
Next up on the essays shelf: The New Gilded Age: The New Yorker Looks at the Culture of Affluence, edited by David Remnick The New Yorker comes out with periodic compilations of essays, grouped under a category. There is one … Continue reading