Page 25 - Book Review
Big Tech is watching you
Ms Faroohar looks at how BT has taken over our lives, and the manipulative and malign aspects of its influence on society
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Marquez between fact and fiction
The book is factual and takes much narrative licence with facts
 "Marquez between fact and fiction")
Law and disorder
Though well-written, Cult of Glory isn't a book for the fainthearted
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Negotiating with empathy
The book's style is simple and the suggestions it contains are eminently practicable
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Depression Economics in the time of corona
The current crisis, in contrast, is a consequence of a cause outside the financial system, and a lasting solution has to come not from financial sector polices but from science
Facts and monocracy
As a country like Viktor Orban's Hungary shows, autocracy can thrive on corruption and soft oppression
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A novel presages a dystopian world from a pandemic worse than Covid-19
The End of October, published this April, has at its centre a fictional virus sweeping across the world, forcing people to live under indefinite lockdown, and pushing the global economy disaster.
 "A novel presages a dystopian world from a pandemic worse than Covid-19")
The politics of the kitchen sink
Sally Howard blends qualitative research, academic literature, pop culture and history with her own lived experience to bring politics to where it truly belongs-the kitchen sink
 "The politics of the kitchen sink")
The Grapes of Wrath revisited
When first published, critics rated it an angry book
A neo-con rethinks
Are we in danger of a crisis that will shatter our brilliant experiment in self-government? And, if so, what can we do about it?
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Gunjan Veda's book seeks to break caste through sunlit stories from India
Author Gunjan Veda confronts her own prejudices in the hesitant but brave epilogue of her book The Museum of Broken Tea Cups: Postcards from India's Margins
 "Gunjan Veda's book seeks to break caste through sunlit stories from India")
Trains of thought
Trains in particular - for many detective novels, they are not just a backdrop, but a player and a plot point
Dislocation and mental health
It underlines the impact of displacement, communal violence, and the trust deficit on individuals across time and borders
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The unbearable likeness of being
Kundera faced challenges that possibly no other writer of his calibre and time faced, making his work even more fascinating
Durable relevance of Keynes
The Price of Peace, Zachary D Carter's outstanding new intellectual biography of John Maynard Keynes, offers a resonant guide to our current moment
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The brutal face of peacekeeping
What are the power dynamics between peacekeepers from various cultural backgrounds sent to a conflict zone, and the locals they are supposed to protect?
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Twists and turns
Mr Rybczynski explores the history of the screw and its evolution. Much of this is modern (18th and 19th century) and, therefore, is well documented, including the story of the first company
The promised conquered land
Mr Khalidi has written a sharply analytical and even-handed history of the nature of the Israeli state that would make educative reading even for Israel's supporters
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Acid in the funny bone
I thought of all the books I had thought were funny and I think I have a clear idea now: Humour in print has to be cruel to be funny
Why India's inequality is a policy choice, argues Capital and Ideology
In the debate over inequality, caste has played a key role. Instead, an ambitious agrarian reform, backed by a more redistributive tax system would have been more helpful, argues Thomas Piketty
 "Why India's inequality is a policy choice, argues Capital and Ideology")
