The Men Who Bought the World

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perspectiveThe Men Who Bought the WorldI am a regular listener to Ezra Klein’s podcast, and I’m a fan. “It’s not just the fault of money in politics, because there’s money on all sides of the issues. Or you could wonder which issues don’t get attention because no one with money is interested in them being discussed. Back when I was a cub reporter, an old-timer gave me some advice: “don’t write about process, nobody cares about process, write about results”. If the rest of us don’t care, the world will be stolen from us without any of us noticing.