Books


America’s Loss, Germany’s Gain

Cowboy Capitalism: European Myths, American Reality I was just at a going-away party/wake for Olaf Gersemann, author of the outstanding book Cowboy Capitalism. He’s leaving Washington, where he has worked…

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America’s Loss, Germany’s Gain

Cowboy Capitalism: European Myths, American Reality I was just at a going-away party/wake for Olaf Gersemann, author of the outstanding book Cowboy Capitalism. He’s leaving Washington, where he has worked…

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America’s Loss, Germany’s Gain

Cowboy Capitalism: European Myths, American Reality I was just at a going-away party/wake for Olaf Gersemann, author of the outstanding book Cowboy Capitalism. He’s leaving Washington, where he has worked…

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America’s Loss, Germany’s Gain

Cowboy Capitalism: European Myths, American Reality I was just at a going-away party/wake for Olaf Gersemann, author of the outstanding book Cowboy Capitalism. He’s leaving Washington, where he has worked…

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Democracy: The Play

Richard Thomas (left) as Günter Guillaume and James Naughton as Willy Brandt in Democracy I managed to take in one excellent play while in New York for a short visit:…

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Amazon.com’s New Delivery Option?

Entrepreneur Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, has launched Blue Origin, which is “developing vehicles and technologies that, over time, will help enable an enduring human presence in space.”…

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Amazon.com’s New Delivery Option?

Entrepreneur Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, has launched Blue Origin, which is “developing vehicles and technologies that, over time, will help enable an enduring human presence in space.”…

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Amazon.com’s New Delivery Option?

Entrepreneur Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, has launched Blue Origin, which is “developing vehicles and technologies that, over time, will help enable an enduring human presence in space.”…

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Amazon.com’s New Delivery Option?

Entrepreneur Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, has launched Blue Origin, which is “developing vehicles and technologies that, over time, will help enable an enduring human presence in space.”…

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Help to Young Authors

I just rediscovered a very amusing essay that had been shown to me at Oxford by my friend Guy Calvert (D.Phil. in high falutin’ mathematical physics, poker champion, and gambling…

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