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“Song of the summer” is a much-contested term, more of a cultural myth or a shared hallucination than a hard-and-fast label.
The Atlantic Daily • The “Song of the Summer” Is a Myth
“cliometrics” or economic history.
Charles R. Morris • The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
“To recap, neoliberalism's network of influence operates as follows:
• “Oligarchs and corporations often covertly (i.e. 'using dark money') fund think tanks and academic departments.
• “These institutions, in turn, make the unreasonable demands of the oligarchs and corporations sound reasonable and normal.
• “The press - also largely controlled by
“What would it seem like if it did seem like a global, digital, sound, open, programmable money was monetizing from absolute zero?”
Sacha Meyers • Bitcoin Is Venice: Essays on the Past and Future of Capitalism
onerous
Hillary Jordan • Anonymous Sex
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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
When Donald Trump claimed that he used his own money to finance his primary campaign, he was really declaring, to the chagrin of his party leadership, that he was not to be part of Washington’s massive network of intertwining patron–client relationships.