J.J. Gould

J.J. Gould is deputy editor of TheAtlantic.com. He has written for The Washington MonthlyThe American ProspectThe Moscow Times, and The European Journal of Political Theory. More

Gould has worked with McKinsey & Company's New York-based Knowledge Group on global public- and social-sector development and on the economics of carbon-emissions reduction. He was previously an editor at the Journal of Democracy, co-published by the Johns Hopkins University Press and the National Endowment for Democracy, and a lecturer in history and politics at Yale University. He has a B.A. in history from McGill University in Montreal, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and a Ph.D. in politics from Yale.

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The Amazing David Beckham Goal That Sent England to the 2002 World Cup

The Amazing David Beckham Goal That Sent England to the 2002 World Cup

"Give that man a knighthood!" More »

Patton Oswalt on the Boston Marathon Bombing

Patton Oswalt on the Boston Marathon Bombing

"The good outnumber you, and we always will." More »

How Not to Make a Batman Movie: The Team Behind 'Batman & Robin' Trash It

How Not to Make a Batman Movie: The Team Behind 'Batman & Robin' Trash It

In an official making-of featurette, the cast and crew are amazed by their work. More »

Hannibal Lecter Is Back—and Brought Someone Very ... Interesting With Him

Hannibal Lecter Is Back—and Brought Someone Very ... Interesting With Him

Who is Will Graham? More »

Track of the Day: '6am Jullandar Shere'

Track of the Day: '6am Jullandar Shere'

Listen up ... More »

Slavery's Global Comeback

Slavery's Global Comeback

150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, buying and selling people into forced labor is bigger than ever. What "human trafficking" really means. More »

Track of the Day: 'A It Mek'

Track of the Day: 'A It Mek'

Listen up ... More »

Track of the Day: 'Israelites'

Track of the Day: 'Israelites'

Listen up ... More »

China's Power Transition: Forces of Liberalization > Conservative Ideology

China's Power Transition: Forces of Liberalization > Conservative Ideology

The view from the head of the world's biggest private-equity investor in the People's Republic More »

It's a Big, Overwhelming World After All: Slinkachu's Global Street Art

It's a Big, Overwhelming World After All: Slinkachu's Global Street Art

Photographs from the mini installations of the "Little People Project" More »

'The Musical Equivalent of Star Trek': Moby on Team-Ups, Touring, and Sci-Fi

'The Musical Equivalent of Star Trek': Moby on Team-Ups, Touring, and Sci-Fi

"Somehow, I've become an electronic musician, and I have a recording studio that looks like the bridge of the Enterprise." More »

Deathsploitation Check: Understanding Murderers vs. Exploiting Murder

Deathsploitation Check: Understanding Murderers vs. Exploiting Murder

What's the difference? More »

Disrupting the Infamy Game: How to Change the Coverage of Mass Shootings

Disrupting the Infamy Game: How to Change the Coverage of Mass Shootings

"I think if I squint I can just about make out the face of a killer. Isn't the news brilliant?" More »

The Dark Knight Spelunks: A Visual History of the Batcave

The Dark Knight Spelunks: A Visual History of the Batcave

What's going on down here, anyway? More »

Chinese Democracy: Will It Ever Be More Than a Guns n' Roses Album?

Chinese Democracy: Will It Ever Be More Than a Guns n' Roses Album?

Minxin Pei, Eric Li, and James Fallows debate the legitimacy and resilience of the People's Repbublic More »

The Enduring Influence of the Book of Revelation

The Enduring Influence of the Book of Revelation

Where did it come from, and why has it had such a powerful recurring effect on Western culture? More »

Threat Matrix: What's Really America's Biggest Adversary Today?

Threat Matrix: What's Really America's Biggest Adversary Today?

Is it Iran? Pakistan? ... Corn syrup? More »

Eric Schmidt on Technology vs. Dictatorship

Eric Schmidt on Technology vs. Dictatorship

How does the executive chairman of Google see the role of smart phones and social media in driving democratic change globally? More »

What Do the Arab Spring and the European Union Have in Common?

What Do the Arab Spring and the European Union Have in Common?

The origins of one and the survival of the other may end up depending on the same thing: the rise of a generation that imagines its society in a new way. More »

The Iran War Dial and the Doomsday Clock

The Iran War Dial and the Doomsday Clock

A second thought on what at first seemed like the perfect historical reference ... More »

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