Zachary Karabell

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Zachary Karabell is an author, investor and commentator. His latest book is Inside Money: Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power.

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Zachary Karabell on ‘Capitalism and the Jews’

BLANK Jun 11, 2010 Jerry Z Muller, a leading historian of capitalism, provides in his provocative new book a fresh look at a subject that, to say the least, has been both thoroughly misunderstood and a forbidden, even taboo, topic Muller's provocative new book provides a fresh look at a subject that has been both thoroughly misunderstood and a forbidden, even taboo, topic. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Zachary Karabell on ‘The Case for Big Government’

BLANK Feb 20, 2009 Jeff Madrick’s new book insists that the anti-government ethos that is a treasured American prejudice is not grounded in the new economic reality. But is he fighting the last war? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Zachary Karabell on the Middle East

BLANK Aug 8, 2008 What is it about the region that provokes intense sectarian passions, prompting seemingly endless vendettas? "Kingmakers," by Karl Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac, tells the story of British and American entanglement and how the modern Middle East was invented. It also offers an exemplary history of hubris. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Zachary Karabell on Mark Lilla’s ‘The Stillborn God’

Zachary Karabell / Truthdig Dec 21, 2007 With religious passions inflaming and complicating politics worldwide, the very project of a secular future is threatened. In "The Stillborn God," Mark Lilla reveals the roots of the age-old quest to bring political life under God's authority. He also explores how modern Western thinkers found a way to free politics from theological power and build barriers against destructive religious fanaticism. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )