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Jay Walker over de obsessie van de wereld met Engels.

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Jay Walker legt uit waarom twee miljard mensen over de wereld Engels proberen te leren. Hij toont foto's en laat horen hoe Chinese studenten Engels oefenen; met duizenden tegelijk schreeuwen ze "de alternatieve wereldtaal" wat ons de rillingen over de rug doet lopen.

Jay Walker is fascinated by intellectual property in all its forms. His firm, Walker Digital, created Priceline and many other businesses that reframe old problems with new IT. In his private life, he's a bibliophile and collector on an epic scale. Full bio »

Translated into Dutch by Rudolf Penninkhof
Reviewed by Jeroen Bakker
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