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...John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge Penguin Press; 405 pages...
...centuries, secular intellectuals have forecast the death of religion at the hands of modernity. They got it wrong. In God Is Back, Micklethwait and Wooldridge--the editor in chief and Washington bureau chief, respectively, of the Economist--map a spiritual surge that would bring Nietzsche to tears. "The great forces of modernity--technology and democracy, choice and freedom--are all strengthening religion rather than undermining it," they write. Americans are "exporting their faith" by wedding it to their other gods: belief in free markets and "putting the consumer first." Corporations proudly tout Christian values, pastors like Rick Warren are launching...
...manual for understanding American politics. Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S. Thompson (Flamingo; 480 pages) Thompson's gonzo take on Nixon's second campaign set the style for a generation of young reporters. The Right Nation: Why America is Different, by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge (Allen Lane; 450 pages) A deeply reported, dispassionate guide to the U.S.'s distinctively conservative politics. By examining such issues as guns, abortion and religion, it shows why any liberal running for national office has an uphill battle...
...long have antiglobalists feared giant corporations? Well, Irish satirist Samuel Madden predicted that two companies would eventually control the world economy in his Memoirs of the Twentieth Century--in 1733. Now, in The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, both editors at the Economist, take a Churchillian view: corporations are the worst form of economic organization, except for all the others. The book is an entertaining romp through the highs and lows of corporations since the first compagnia appeared in 12th century Italy. An 18th century British lord complained, "Corporations have neither bodies...
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