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The False Commons: A Blue-Bottled World in Palo Alto

What Can the Culture of Silicon Valley Not See?

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The Anarchic Impulse: The Meaning of Brexit

How Should We Understand the UK’s Decision to Leave the EU?

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Lessons From the 2015 Canadian Election

What are the painful takeaways from the Liberal Party’s overwhelming victory in Canada’s recent federal election?

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Masculine/Power: Draper/Harper

What Links Don Draper and Stephen Harper? A Lot More Than You’d Think.

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Reading Excess: On Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street

By Mark McConaghy

Martin Scorsese’s latest film is a 3 hour montage of relentless sex, drugs, debauchery, and rampant disregard for the victims of financial predation. So is this supposed to be a critique of Wall Street or a glorification of it? I weigh in on the controversy surrounding the film.

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What Happened When I Got a Job.

By Sean Callaghan

My move from Academics to the private sector, and what I’ve learned so far.

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