Nicholas von Hoffman

Political Columnist, The Nation

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Political columnist at The Nation and New York Observer, and author of and A Devil's Dictionary of Business: Monkey Business; High Finance and Low; Money, the Making, Losing, and Printing Thereof; Commerce; Trade; Cleve

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