Plutocrats : the rise of the new global super-rich and the fall of everyone else /
By: Freeland, Chrystia
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BookPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2012.Description: xv, 330 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781594204098 (trade); 1594204098Subject(s): Rich people -- Conduct of life | Poor | Rich -- Conduct of life | PoorDDC classification: 305.5/234 Online resources: Location Map
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Discusses the growing gap between rich and poor in the world, and the great power held by the super wealthy that may lead to social upheavals similar to those that followed the Gilded Age.
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 305.5234 FR PL (Browse shelf) | Available | T0040228 |
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| 305.522 CR FI 5,000 years of royalty : | 305.5230973 CH TR The triple package : | 305.5230973 MI FR From the ruins of empire : | 305.5234 FR PL Plutocrats : | 305.5234092254 HI IN India's global wealth club : | 305.550941 BO BR Broke : | 305.550941 JA MI The middle class : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-317) and index.
Introduction -- History and why it matters -- Culture of the plutocrats -- Superstars -- Responding to revolution -- Rent-seeking -- Plutocrats and the rest of us -- Conclusion.
Discusses the growing gap between rich and poor in the world, and the great power held by the super wealthy that may lead to social upheavals similar to those that followed the Gilded Age.
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