Peter Richardson

Peter Richardson

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Peter Richardson has written critically acclaimed books about Hunter S. Thompson, the Grateful Dead, Ramparts magazine, and radical author and editor Carey McWilliams. His essays have appeared in The Nation, The New Republic, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles...

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American Heiress

Aug 6, 2016
Patty Hearst's wild saga "provided hints of what America would become," in the words of author Jeffrey Toobin -- a sensational true crime story and a sad comment on American justice, race relations, media and celebrity culture.Patty Hearst's wild saga "provided hints of what America would become," in the words of author Jeffrey Toobin—a sensational true crime story and a sad comment on American justice, race relations, media and celebrity culture.

What’s Yours Is Mine

May 2, 2016
The Sharing Economy, epitomized by companies such as Uber and Airbnb, "is a movement for deregulation," Tom Slee writes "It's not about building an alternative to a corporate-driven market economy; it's about extending the deregulated free market into new areas of our lives" The Sharing Economy, epitomized by companies such as Uber and Airbnb, "is a movement for deregulation," Tom Slee writes".

When Robots Run the Show

Aug 22, 2015
In "Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future," Martin Ford predicts that the next wave of job losses will be caused by advances in artificial intelligence, making robots the most efficient way to perform routine work now done by humans.

Reagan: The Life

May 29, 2015
Drawing heavily on the former president's diaries and a raft of memoirs by insiders, author H.W. Brands' "Reagan: The Life" tells its story briskly, punctuated by doses of well-tempered historical context, occasional and always gentle corrections of Reagan’s flawed representations, and a dash of analysis.