#oligarchs

Business & Economics

David Lingelbach and Valentina Rodríguez Guerra on “The Oligarchs’ Grip”

How have oligarchs become so powerful? Are they exclusively men? Is there anything “good” about them? And what is it like to sit across from one for an interview? Join David Lingelbach and Valentina Rodríguez Guerra in our latest book talk as we delve into the enigma of oligarchs and their global influence.

Business & Economics

How to Be an Oligarch

Oligarchs effortlessly blend wealth and power, but the question lingers: how did these enigmatic figures come to dominate our world? Upon closer inspection, their secret recipe can be distilled into four key strategies.

Politics & Society

Why Billionaires in Space are not Going to Make the World a Better Place

The private space races of billionaires like Richard Branson, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are staged as humanity‘s ticket to progress, transformation, and even immortality in outer space. The colonial rhetoric that continues to accompany this new industry, however, is a reminder that their plans are neither altruistic visions nor merely harmless pet projects of the super-rich.

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