Plutocrats
Subtitle: the rise of the new global super-rich and the fall of everyone else
By: Chrystia Freeland
Publisher: Allen Lane
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781846142529
Subjects: Rich people; Poor; Conduct of life; Wealth; Social aspects; Capitalism
Description: There has always been some gap between rich and poor, but it has never been wider - and now the rich are getting wealthier at such breakneck speed that the middle classes are being squeezed out. While the wealthiest 10 per cent of Americans, for example, receive half the nation's income, the real money flows even higher up, in the top 0.1 per cent. As a transglobal class of highly successful professionals, these self-made oligarchs often have more in common with one another than with their own countrymen. But how is this happening, and who are the people making it happen? Chrystia Freeland, acclaimed business journalist and Global Editor-at-Large of Reuters, has unprecedented access to the richest and most successful people on the planet, from Davos to Dubai, and dissects their lives with intelligence, empathy and objectivity. Freeland examines the role of women, the industrial revolution, China, Disney studios, and more.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-317) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: History and why it matters; title: Culture of the plutocrats; title: Superstars; title: Responding to revolution; title: Rent-seeking; title: Plutocrats and the rest of us; title: Conclusion.