The Economy of Secrets (with Brooke Harrington)

About this episode

Greg Olear speaks with Brooke Harrington about wealth, journalism, and societal issues.

Greg Olear speaks with the economic sociology professor Brooke Harrington, author of “Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism,” about journalistic omertà, bodily capital, tech-bro self-loathing, Trump's lousy Rodney Dangerfield impression, and how the first rule of Epstein Club is not to talk about Epstein Club.

People in this episode

Host: Greg Olear

Guest: Brooke Harrington

Topics covered

• economic sociology
• wealth
• journalism
• politics
• self-loathing
• colonialism

Keywords

• economy
• secrets
• wealth
• journalism
• Epstein
• Trump
• self-loathing

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism

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