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. print
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.