Speculative Finance and Predatory Abstraction: On Jonas Eika’s “After the Sun”
Ali Rıza Taşkale analyzes the way Jonas Eika’s short story collection “After the Sun” critiques speculative finance and offers new ways to imagine...
Ali Rıza Taşkale analyzes the way Jonas Eika’s short story collection “After the Sun” critiques speculative finance and offers new ways to imagine...
Ali Rıza TaşkaleMar 16
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Conor McCarthyJan 17
Natasha Hakimi Zapata interviews Megan Fernandes and Edgar Kunz about their new poetry collections.
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Peter Lunenfeld traces the persistence of classic con games in the current explosion of cryptocurrency markets.
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Alessandro CamonOct 15, 2023
Dinyar Patel reviews Philip J. Stern’s “Empire, Incorporated: The Corporations That Built British Colonialism.”
Dinyar PatelOct 7, 2023
Scott R. MacKenzie reviews two new books on the theory of socioeconomic scarcity.
Scott R. MacKenzieSep 25, 2023
Weiling Deng considers Zai Liang’s “From Chinatown to Every Town: How Chinese Immigrants Have Expanded the Restaurant Business in the United States.”
Weiling DengSep 23, 2023
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Henry M. J. TonksSep 7, 2023
Alessandro Camon discusses the WGA/SAG strike as a turning point for Hollywood.
Alessandro CamonSep 3, 2023
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Michelle ChiharaJul 24, 2023
Addis Goldman and Max Hancock trace the genealogy of Kalshi, a prediction market that trades in a range of futures.
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J. D. ConnorJun 28, 2023
Jonathan Kirshner reviews Martin Wolf’s “The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism.”
Jonathan KirshnerMay 14, 2023
Eleanor J. Bader speaks with Melissa Hope Ditmore about her new book “Unbroken Chains: The Hidden Role of Human Trafficking in the American Economy.”
Eleanor J. BaderMay 8, 2023
Andrew Koppelman reviews J. Bradford DeLong’s “Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century.”
Andrew KoppelmanMar 27, 2023
Paul W. Gleason reviews Matthew Desmond’s “Poverty, by America.”
Paul W. GleasonMar 21, 2023
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Hugh Charles O’Connell reviews China Miéville’s “A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto.”
Hugh Charles O’ConnellFeb 18, 2023
LARB’s editor-in-chief, Michelle Chihara, profiles the elusive pokergenius–turned-author Annie Duke.
Michelle ChiharaJan 26, 2023