Episode 2: Brooke Harrington Part 1

About this episode

John Cole interviews Brooke Harrington about her experiences in Silicon Valley and the mentality of wealthy individuals from that environment.

In the first episode of two, John Cole interviews Brooke Harrington, Professor of Economic Sociology at Dartmouth. The discussion begins Harrington’s experiences as a young woman working in Silicon Valley and transitions into a discussion about the mentality and obsessions of the broligarchs who come from that place, and ends with her insights into what can be done about these guys. Harrington is the author of many articles and books on the concentration of money and power in the ...

People in this episode

Host: John Cole

Guest: Brooke Harrington

Topics covered

• Silicon Valley
• economic sociology
• broligarchs
• money and power

Keywords

• interview
• Dartmouth
• concentration of wealth

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Silicon Valley

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