Gary Rivlin is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter and the author of eleven books, including AI Valley and Katrina: After the Flood. His work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Mother Jones, and Wired, among other publications. He is a two-time Gerald Loeb Award winner and former reporter for the New York Times. He lives in New York with his wife, theater director Daisy Walker, and two sons.
“Mr. Rivlin brings to his subject a genuine gift for storytelling.”
“A nuanced, first-rate look.”
“A lean, taut narrative.”
“[a] blistering new investigation of the subprime economy”
“Exquisitely readable…One of the best books on new technology…laugh-out-loud funny.”
“The book reads like good fiction.”
“A master journalist’s fascinating chronicle of the Harold Washington mayorality.”
“Rivlin’s sharp eye for physical detail is matched by his ear for the spin and gibberish that permeate the software industry.”
I go inside a slot machine factory for the New York Times Magazine. The diabolical brilliance of this modern-day marvel that generates the bulk of any casino’s profits.
Growing rich in the trailer park business.
George Gilder weighs the cost of his pie-eyed tech optimism.