PositiveThe Guardian (UK)... engrossing ... This is a political book; it is also intensely personal, and the more powerful for it ... My empathy with the author takes a dip when she turns her attention to Britain and a dinner she had with Boris Johnson, when he was mayor of London...why was she friends with him in the first place? It was clear from the get-go what Johnson was – a charlatan. Why were people on the centre-right so titillated by him and his set?
Mikhail Zygar
PositiveThe GuardianOf the many accounts written about the Russian president, Mikhail Zygar’s insider’s guide to his court is one of the most compelling. Zygar, a prominent journalist, has clearly earned the confidence of many ... Yet, while emphasising the court’s dependency on Putin, Zygar’s conclusion is more nuanced. Putin became what he is because those around him saw it as the simplest path for their own enrichment and job security.
Joseph E. Stiglitz
PositiveThe Guardian...behaviour is something that economists struggle to capture. Joseph Stiglitz does better than most ... Stiglitz is contemptuous of the advocates of austerity within a single currency straitjacket ... Yet, having spent 300 pages dismantling the currency project, the author suggests it is still worth salvaging. The case he makes for a 'flexible euro' needs more detail in order to convince.
