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Sebastian Mallaby
FollowSebastian Mallaby is a journalist and author widely regarded as one of the world's leading commentators on global finance, economic policy, and the forces reshaping capitalism. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, he is the Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations and a longtime columnist for the Washington Post. Before that, he spent thirteen years at the Economist — reporting from Africa, Japan, and Washington — building a reputation for making complex systems legible and consequential.
He is the author of several acclaimed books, including More Money Than God, The Man Who Knew, and The Power Law. His most recent book, The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind and the Quest for Superintelligence, is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller — and the product of rare, privileged access to the founder and inner workings of the world's most consequential AI laboratory
Sebastian Mallaby is a journalist and author widely regarded as one of the world's leading commentators on global finance, economic policy, and the forces reshaping capitalism. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, he is the Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations and a longtime columnist for the Washington Post. Before that, he spent thirteen years at the Economist — reporting from Africa, Japan, and Washington — building a reputation for making complex systems legible and consequential.
He is the author of several acclaimed books, including More Money Than God, The Man Who Knew, and The Power Law. His most recent book, The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind and the Quest for Superintelligence, is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller — and the product of rare, privileged access to the founder and inner workings of the world's most consequential AI laboratory
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Rory Stewart in conversation with Emma Barnett
Corruption and Climate Change
The Wealth Delusion
The Gathering Storm
Why Things Get Better
Monarchy, Caste and Inheritance
Free Thought
Rethinking Capital
The Crisis of the West
The Morality of War
Humans versus Nature
How to Change the World
The Great Economists
Blind Data
Radical Spirituality
The End of the West
March of the Machines
The New Politics
Avoiding Apocalypse
Guns and Butter
Beyond Borders
War and Peace
The Dark Side of Environmentalism
Rich and Equal
What should we do about poverty?
Can Facebook Save Itself?
The Struggle for Social Justice
Out of Control
Generation Rent: Sharing the Future
Mind Machines
The New Mafia
After The Crisis
James Lovelock: Creativity in Science & Gaia Theory
The Infinite Boom
What We Don't Know About CO2
Capitalism, Poverty and Progress
Eating to Save the Planet
Gandhi vs Guevara
The Tears of the Europeans
Beware Bankers Bearing Gifts
On Imperialism
After Capitalism
Decolonising Britain
Can We Control AI?
Securing Our Future
Diversity and Power
The Fantasy of Money
The Global Aristocracy
Climate Change and Britain’s Future