Tony Judt who died in 2010, of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a degenerative disease that completely disables the body while leaving the mind intact shares with Rothkopf an insistent disapproval of the current apotheosis of global finance.

NEWYORKER: Evening the Odds

Tony Judt, a scholar at New York University who has written widely on modern French culture and ideas, suggests that one useful way to take writing about France by foreigners is to stand it on its head.

ECONOMIST: If in doubt, bash the French