Political theorist and author of Jihad vs McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism Are Reshaping the World, Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole and If Mayors Ruled the World: Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities; former Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos, a nonpartisan public policy think-tank;
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