No Death, No Taxes: The Libertarian Futurism of a Silicon Valley Billionaire
The article profiles the career of Peter Thiel, an investor, entrepreneur, and one of the founders of the online payment service PayPal. It examines Thiel's perspectives on the Internet and digital technologies such as smartphones, his life as a technology industry billionaire, and his opinion...
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Format: | Print Article |
Language: | English |
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New Yorker Magazine Inc.
2011
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The New Yorker
Year: 2011, Volume: 87, Issue: 38, Pages: 44-55 |
Summary: | The article profiles the career of Peter Thiel, an investor, entrepreneur, and one of the founders of the online payment service PayPal. It examines Thiel's perspectives on the Internet and digital technologies such as smartphones, his life as a technology industry billionaire, and his opinion that education will be the next economic bubble to burst in the U.S. economy after the housing crisis of 2008. Other topics include the Thiel Fellowship and his libertarian political views. |
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ISSN: | 0028-792X |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The New Yorker
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