James Ball is the global editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and is a columnist at the New European newspaper. He is the author of several books, including Post-Truth: How Bullshit Conquered the World and The System: Who Owns the Internet, and How It Owns Us.
James Ball
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Wednesday 28 July 2021
Beware the big tech myth: London’s 2011 riots weren’t organised online
A decade after England’s unrest, social media has become capable of radicalising a mob. But to avoid repeating the scenes of that summer, we must tackle the root causes – poor policing, inequality and racism
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Wednesday 17 February 2021
WallStreetWins
Tug of war
The GameStop saga was never about the little guy. It’s about hedge funds and big investors making money – at the expense of the amateur trader
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Wednesday 27 January 2021
Elon Musk is overvalued
The world’s richest man is telling one hell of a story – and lots of people are aching to believe it
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Monday 1 June 2020
Tech States: Amazon
Welcome to the United States of Amazon
The tech giants have as much money and influence as nation states. What if we reported on these companies like countries?
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Monday 12 December 2022
Musking it: Inside Elon’s Twitter takeover
The inside story of a troubled company that was bought by the world’s richest man
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Monday 15 February 2021
Fairy tale finance
A myth has been made: a tale of wolves on Wall St; a pack of principled amateurs biting the legs of greedy financial giants and bringing them down. But almost everything you think you know about wallstreetbets, GameStop and Robin Hood is wrong.