David Rieff

David Rieff, a New York–based journalist, is the author of eight books. He is working on a book about the global food crisis.

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Letters From the December 7, 2015, Issue Letters From the December 7, 2015, Issue

Quantum of science… misreading progress… crack up, fall down…

Nov 19, 2015 / Letters / Our Readers and David Rieff

Philanthrocapitalism: A Self-Love Story

Philanthrocapitalism: A Self-Love Story Philanthrocapitalism: A Self-Love Story

Why do super-rich activists mock their critics instead of listening to them?

Oct 1, 2015 / Feature / David Rieff

Hannah and Her Admirers

Hannah and Her Admirers Hannah and Her Admirers

Margarethe von Trotta’s biopic of Hannah Arendt is a film about ideas that remains intellectually detached from them.

Nov 19, 2013 / Books & the Arts / David Rieff

A Vast Choir of Voices: On Claude Lanzmann

A Vast Choir of Voices: On Claude Lanzmann A Vast Choir of Voices: On Claude Lanzmann

In his memoir, The Patagonian Hare, the Shoah director’s life upstages his masterwork.

Jun 13, 2012 / Books & the Arts / David Rieff

The Wrong Moral Revolution: On Michael Barnett

The Wrong Moral Revolution: On Michael Barnett The Wrong Moral Revolution: On Michael Barnett

To see humanitarianism everywhere is not to see it at all.

Oct 5, 2011 / Books & the Arts / David Rieff

Where Hunger Goes: On the Green Revolution

Where Hunger Goes: On the Green Revolution Where Hunger Goes: On the Green Revolution

Nick Cullather’s The Hungry World teaches us that US agricultural assistance in Asia during the cold war was a Green Counterrevolution.

Feb 17, 2011 / Books & the Arts / David Rieff

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THE VOICE OF MILITARY FAMILIES Davis, Calif.

Sep 27, 2006 / Letters / Our Readers and David Rieff

We Are the World We Are the World

When liberals and conservatives discuss the United States' role in the world, they are really talking about the narcissism of small differences. Two new books show how both sides s...

Jun 15, 2006 / Books & the Arts / David Rieff

No Exit Strategy No Exit Strategy

Two new books examine what went wrong in the planning and conduct of the war in Iraq.

Jul 14, 2005 / Books & the Arts / David Rieff

The False Dawn of Civil Society The False Dawn of Civil Society

When we put our faith in civil society, we are grasping at straws.

Feb 4, 1999 / Feature / David Rieff

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