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Billionaires' Ball

- Gluttony and Hubris in an Age of Epic Inequality

  • Format
  • Bog, paperback
  • Engelsk
  • 280 sider

Beskrivelse

A society top-heavy with billionaires may seem like a paradise of upward mobility, but it actually more closely resembles a boneyard of broken dreams for all but a lucky few. Between 1980 and 2008, the incomes of the bottom 90 percent of Americans grew by a meager 1 percent compared to a whopping 403 percent for the top .01 percent. We tend to regard these large fortunes as proof of a meritocracy, yet there is no evidence that members of today's super-rich are any more talented or hardworking than were the elite of a generation ago. Via vivid profiles of billionaires--ranging from philanthropic capitalist Bill Gates and the infamous Koch brothers to brazen private equity baron Stephen Schwarzman--Billionaires' Ball debunks the notion that they "deserve" their grand fortunes, when such wealth is really a by-product of a legal and economic system that's become deeply flawed and is now threatening the quality of life and very functioning of our democracy.

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Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal280
  • Udgivelsesdato26-03-2013
  • ISBN139780807003435
  • Forlag Beacon Press (MA)
  • FormatPaperback
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  • Vægt385 g
  • Dybde2,2 cm
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    10 cm
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    15,7 cm
    22,3 cm

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