Book · 2026 · Political Science
Unreliable Boyfriend
An Insider's View of Dealing with a Chaotic Superpower, Plutocrats, and Other Complicated People
- mentions
- 3
- person
- 1
- podcast
- 1
- episode
- 1
- recommendations
- 0
Why people recommend it
Every mention
Ezra Klein Because even in the story you tell in the book, the trade negotiations in Trump 1 feel like they are about… 3
Discussed
“Because even in the story you tell in the book, the trade negotiations in Trump 1 feel like they are about trade. And they're ultimately resolved through questions of trade.”
Discussed
“Bob Lighthizer, the former trade representative, said to you in a trade negotiation at some point, you say this in the book, that America is 10 times the Canadian economy.”
Discussed
“And it has a kind of antecedent in your book from your time in Moscow, post-Soviet Union's crack-up, watching the sort of oligarchs take over.”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged
“And now she's the author of a new book, Unreliable Boyfriend, An Insider's View of Dealing with a Chaotic Superpower, Plutocrats, and Other Complicated People.”
Passing
“China has a lot of problems. Unreliable boyfriend. Unreliable boyfriend. What they are is fairly predictable and reliable.”
Plugged
“And again, this is one of the reasons I wrote my book. And kind of one of my big conclusions is the battleground for liberal democracy in the world is America.”


