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business-standard.com | Jennifer Szalai
EMPTY VESSEL: The Story of the Global Economy in One Barge Container ships are designed to be blandly functional. Gigantic metal platforms, they chug along from port to port and are habitually taken for granted - until, that is, they run aground on the jagged rocks of catastrophe. When the pandemic arrived five years ago, Americans who were trying in vain to procure protective gear like face masks got an unwanted lesson in the intricacies of global supply chains.
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1 week ago | 
nytimes.com | Jennifer Szalai
A new book by the historian Ian Kumekawa tracks the varied career of a gigantic boat in an era of profound economic change. EMPTY VESSEL: The Story of the Global Economy in One Barge, by Ian KumekawaContainer ships are designed to be blandly functional. Gigantic metal platforms, they chug along from port to port and are habitually taken for granted - until, that is, they run aground on the jagged rocks of catastrophe.
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Jennifer Szalai
NowWord of the Week: Crimea's tumultuous history shrouds the origin of its very nameCrimea has emerged as the central obstacle to ending the war in Ukraine. But for the strategic peninsula, being at the nexus of great power competition is nothing new. At the northern end of the Black Sea, Crimea sits at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.
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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Jennifer Szalai
In "More Everything Forever," the science journalist Adam Becker subjects Silicon Valley's "ideology of technological salvation" to critical scrutiny. When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission.
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4 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Jennifer Szalai
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4 weeks ago | 
infobae.com | Greg Grandin |Jennifer Szalai
Books and LiteratureUnited States Politics and GovernmentGrandin, GregPinochet Ugarte, AugustoLatin AmericaAmerica, America: A New History of the New World (Book)Las Casas, Bartolome deEn "America, América", el historiador muestra cómo, a lo largo de cinco siglos, América del norte y América del sur se han moldeado mutuamente mediante la guerra, la conquista, la competencia y la cooperación.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Jennifer Szalai
A new book by the historian Quinn Slobodian examines right-wing figures who have positioned themselves as populist critics of neoliberalism while weaponizing some of its founders' ideas. When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. HAYEK'S BASTARDS: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right, by Quinn SlobodianArgentina's mutton-chopped president, Javier Milei, doesn't exactly come across as a placid figure.
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1 month ago | 
web.archive.org | Jennifer Szalai
Nonfiction“Careless People,” a memoir by a former Facebook executive, portrays feckless company leaders cozying up to authoritarian regimes. March 10, 2025, 8:07 a.m. ETCARELESS PEOPLE: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism, by Sarah Wynn-WilliamsThe publisher of “Careless People” kept the existence of this memoir a secret until a few days ago — with good reason, it turns out.
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1 month ago | 
afr.com | Jennifer Szalai
Jennifer SzalaiMar 17, 2025 – 10.37am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The publisher of Careless People kept the existence of this memoir a secret until a few days ago – with good reason, it turns out. For seven years, beginning in 2011, the book’s author, Sarah Wynn-Williams, worked at Facebook (now called Meta), eventually as a director of global public policy.
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2 months ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Jennifer Szalai
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg rings the Nasdaq’s opening bell from Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on May 18, 2012, the day of the company’s initial public offering, while Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s COO, looks on. Photo / Getty ImagesCareless People, a memoir by a former Facebook executive, portrays feckless company leaders cosying up to authoritarian regimes.
