Category: USA
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The Concentrator’s Dilemma: Part 4
In which we examine the contradictions within the political economy of the surveillance economy and AI. And where this might end. Or indeed begin.
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The Machinery of Legitimation III
How the machinery of legitimation is unravelling in the two most important democracies: the US and India.
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The Concentrator’s Dilemma: Part 3
In which we examine the contradictions within the political economy of the surveillance economy and AI. And where this might end. Or indeed begin.
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Lynn Nottage: Political Economy Hidden in Plain Sight
The playwright Lynn Nottage. Political economy as drama crafted from reality.
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Chameleons or Charlatans: Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky. Three times exiled. Three times reinvented.
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PIG IRON: Dollar Hegemony: The Habit Nobody Can Quit
Essays in Political Economy: In Which we Explore Dollar Hegemony and Why it Might Change
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Ravens at the Hampstead Theatre review ***
Ravens: Spassky vs Fischer Hampstead Theatre, 18th December 2019 I can see why Tom Morton-Smith would have alighted on the infamous chess match between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer in 1972 in Reykjavik. There are a ton of tomes on the subject and, after all, if it was good enough…
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Fairview at the Young Vic review ***
Fairview Young Vic Theatre, 11th December 2019 Fell like a bit of a fraud putting pen to paper on this. For, I confess, I did not completely understand Fairview. African-American playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for the play. The conceit is ingenious. A birthday dinner for…
