"Much has been said about the white working class in red state America since the election of Donald Trump, but nobody nails the details and nuances better than Hochschild."

"The other one in the comedy genre is an all-time classic, Coming to America. Like Harlem Nights, Coming to America, the rawness of it, Eddie and Arsenio’s relationship, just all the different characters Eddie was able to play and pull off — not a shabby job, Arsenio played a lot of characters himself — but the brilliance of Eddie Murphy. If they gave Oscars for comedies back then, that would have been the top of the list. You know, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor turned in some incredible ones, too, but I tend to love what Coming to America was all about. Just the fact that it was New York, and how it started and where it went."

"The book is one of the primary business texts in North America. So it shouldn’t surprise you that I was first introduced to this as part of my MBA program."

"It’s hilarious and dangerous. Dead on analysis of what makes America so big: the size of the con. Good summer reading that gives a context to making this country great again."

"It’s hilarious and dangerous. Dead on analysis of what makes America so big: the size of the con. Good summer reading that gives a context to making this country great again."

"There are films that are too long or with the right length. Once Upon a Time in America is that kind of film that you don’t want to come to an end."