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David Enrich

Born: July 03, 1979 – Lexington, Massachusetts, United States

David Enrich is an American journalist and author whose work centers on finance, law, corporate power, and institutional corruption. He is known for The Spider Network, Dark Towers, and Servants of the Damned, books that helped illuminate banking scandals, elite legal culture, and the mechanics of modern white-collar abuse.

Biography & Author's Journey

David Enrich grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts, and graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 2001. Even as a student, he was experimenting with digital publishing, helping found a student-run campus website. After college he worked in Washington journalism and at Dow Jones, then joined The Wall Street Journal in 2007 to cover the U.S. banking industry, especially Citigroup, before moving to London and emerging as one of the paper’s key banking journalists during the financial-crisis era. ((https://www.harperacademic.com/book/9780062659972/the-spider-network/))

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This book is the story of a largely under-the-radar legal movement that is weaponizing the obscure field of libel law
-Murder the Truth
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The First Amendment is first for a reason
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there are few swampier things than that type of inside baseball lobbying
-Fresh Air: Servants of the Damned
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in a word, the reason for this is it boils down to greed
-Fresh Air: Dark Towers
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It's about protecting everyone's rights, not just journalists, but everyone's rights to kind of freely speak up about matters of public importance
-One-on-One: Author David Enrich talks censorship in American journalism
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when you've got a good idea for a book, they don't come around that often
-Masters in Business: David Enrich

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