Plutocrats : the rise of the new global super-rich and the fall of everyone else

Freeland, Chrystia 1968- (Author).

Summary: A journalist and industry specialist for Reuters examines the growing disparity between the rich and the poor, taking a non-partisan look into the businesspeople who are amassing colossal fortunes and preferring the company of similar people around the world.

Record details

ISBN: 1594204098 :
ISBN: 9780385669719
ISBN: 9781594204098 :
Physical Description: xv, 330 p. ; 25 cm.
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Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-317) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- History and why it matters -- Culture of the plutocrats -- Superstars -- Responding to revolution -- Rent-seeking -- Plutocrats and the rest of us -- Conclusion.