Plutocrats : the rise of the new global super-rich and the fall of everyone else / Chrystia Freeland.
By: Freeland, Chrystia.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-317) and index.Description: xv, 330 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781594204098 (hbk.); 1594204098 (hbk.).Subject(s): Rich people -- Conduct of life | PoorDDC classification: 305.5/234Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 305.5234 F876 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003133311 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-317) 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.
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.
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