Lila Rajiva is an American writer. She has undergraduate degrees in economics and English as well as a master's degree from

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

, where she did doctoral work in international relations and political philosophy. She has taught at the

University of Maryland, Baltimore County The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is a public research university in Baltimore County, Maryland. It has a fall 2022 enrollment of 13,991 students, 61 undergraduate majors, over 92 graduate programs (38 master, 25 doctoral, ...

. In 2005, Rajiva authored ''The Language of Empire: Abu Ghraib and the American Media'', a study of propaganda which examines the place of Iraqi prisoner torture in U.S. culture and politics. Rajiva co-authored ''Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets'' with Bill Bonner, which details mass delusions in the markets and politics and explains why they continually arise. The book was awarded the

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for 2008.

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