The borderless bourgeoisie

Rooted Globalism: Arab–Latin American Business Elites and the Politics of Global Imaginaries, Kevin Funk, 2022, Indiana University Press

Why do we care so much about the poor? Why do we obsess about inequality from our privileged, superior positions of scholarship and journalism by wallowing in their misery?

It is of course a form of absolution . . .

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Categories: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, International, Mexico, Middle East & North Africa, North America, South America

Gavin O'Toole

I've spent much of my career in journalism and newspaper production: worked as a sub-editor and in other production roles at major UK newspapers including the Financial Times, The Guardian, The Observer and the Daily Telegraph / Sunday Telegraph. Covering business, finance, regulation, Latin American affairs and more. As a journalist and freelance writer I've contributed to many publications: work appears in outlets such as Al Jazeera, Public Finance, Global Government Forum, among others. Also an an award-winning writer of short stories and novelist. 

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