References and suggested readings: 

• Alan Blinder. February 16, 2026. Epstein’s Ties With Academics Show the Seedy Side of College Fund-Raising. New York Times.
• William Callison and Quinn Slobodian. January 12, 2021. Coronapolitics from the Reichstag to the Capitol. Boston Review.
• Melinda Cooper. February 14, 226. Epstein Family Values. Equator.
• Luke Darby. August 19, 2019. Private jets, parties and eugenics: Jeffrey Epstein's bizarre world of scientists. The Guardian.
• Moira Donegan and Adrian Daub. February 10, 2026. “Episode 121–Moira's in the Epstein Files.” In Bed with the Right podcast.
• Charlie Eaton. 2022. Bankers in the Ivory Tower: The Troubling Rise of Financiers in Us Higher Education. University of Chicago Press.
• Francois Furstenberg. February 19, 2026. The Misuses of the University. Public Books.
• Virginia Heffernan. February 13, 2026. The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science. The Nerve.
• Brian Herman. February 20, 2026. Individual donors provide only a small slice of university research funding – but Jeffrey Epstein’s ties with academics show why screening matters. The Conversation.
• Andy Hines, ed. 2025. University Keywords. Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Christopher Marquis. February 20, 2026. Why are so many academics in the Epstein files? It’s not just about money. The Guardian.
• Fred Turner. 2008. From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism. University of Chicago Press.
• Ramon Antonio Vargas. February 3, 2026. Newly released files shed new light on Chomsky and Epstein relationship. The Guardian.

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