Jesse Goldhammer was born in Los Angeles, California and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Trained in political theory, Jesse has a longstanding interest in the genealogy of social, economic, and political power. He has taught in several universities, worked in the information technology sector, and is now a partner in a transnational management consulting firm. His first book, "The Headless Republic," examined the role of violence and sacrifice in French intellectual and political life. His most recent book, "Deviant Globalization," explores the underlying forces that enable a wide variety of illicit global flows, including drugs, weapons, and toxic waste.