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Empty lines on a CV

25 June 2011
Intern Nation Ross Perlin

Verso, pp.258, 14.99

The intern is everywhere, slowly but surely, infiltrating every office on the planet. But while the internship is now ubiquitous, having become the standard first rung on most career ladders… Read more

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Method in his madness

24 February 2010
Fordlandia Greg Grandin

Icon Books, pp.416, 14.99

The car manufacturer Henry Ford dominates this remarkable book, managing, like Falstaff, to be its tragic hero, villain, and comic relief all at the same time. A gaunt, pacing figure,… Read more

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The great bailout

17 February 2010
On the Brink Hank Paulson

Headline, pp.453, 18.99

Hank Paulson’s new book is called On the Brink, but it could well have been entitled Over the Edge. Hank Paulson’s new book is called On the Brink, but it… Read more

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On our shoulders

17 February 2010
The Pinch — How The Baby Boomers Took Their Children’s Future — And Why They Should Give It Back David Willetts

Atlantic Books, pp.336, 18.99

Our politics is such a shallow game that any senior British politician who has read a book is apt to be considered cerebral, and if he has read two, feted… Read more