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David Runciman

  • Artist Unknown: An Alternative History of the Arts Council by Richard Witts
  • In Praise of Commercial Culture by Tyler Cowen

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David Runciman’s new book is Political Hypocrisy: The Mask of Power from Hobbes to Orwell and Beyond.

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