Author: Freeland, Chrystia 1968-
Publication year: 2012.
Language: English
Call Number HB251 .F74 2012
Media class: Book
Publisher: New York : Penguin Press
ISBN: 9781594204098 1594204098
Extent: xv, 330 p. ; 25 cm.
Description: 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.
Introduction -- History and why it matters -- Culture of the plutocrats -- Superstars -- Responding to revolution -- Rent-seeking -- Plutocrats and the rest of us -- Conclusion.