John Gray
Articles by John Gray
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Books
Mao's Great Famine: the History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe (1958-62)
- 20 September 2010
- 27 comments
Books
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
- 02 August 2010
- 22 comments
The ex-Northern Rock chairman Matt Ridley is an apologist for social Darwinism. His book is proof that ideas do not evolve.
Books
We the Living
- 19 July 2010
- 22 comments
Ayn Rand's laissez-faire tracts have enjoyed a revival in recent years – Alan Greenspan was an early devotee. Her thinking continues to influence all levels of US finance and politics.
Fiction
War of the words
- 14 June 2010
- 9 comments
Science fiction was once driven by a faith in human ability to change the world. These days, the genre seeks to expose the illusions of everyday life.
Books
The Atlantic and Its Enemies: a Personal History of the Cold War
- 04 May 2010
Norman Stone’s masterly new account of the cold war makes its points by resort both to empirical fact and to subjective truths. And it shows that we are nowhere near the end of history.
Books
The World That Never Was: a True Story of Dreamers, Schemers, Anarchists and Secret Agents
- 18 March 2010
- 3 comments
The early anarchists were a convenient enemy against which the status quo was strengthened.
Books
Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity
- 04 February 2010
- 3 comments
Apocalyptic theories about the massacres of the past century obscure the root causes of conflict.
Non Fiction
The Neoliberal State
- 07 January 2010
- 2 comments
Neoliberalism has delivered not a small state, but a bloated market state in which government interference is omnipresent.
