# Billionaire Backlash

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Podcast: [New Books Network](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-network-529292)
Published: 2026-09-16T08:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode of International Horizons, host John Torpey sits with Pepper Culpepper, Blavatnik Professor of Government and Public Policy at the University of Oxford, to explore the core thesis of his recent book, Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How It Could Save Democracy (co-authored with Taeku Lee).

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