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Author Freeland, Chrystia, 1968-

Title Plutocrats : the rise of the new global super-rich and the fall of everyone else / Chrystia Freeland.

Imprint New York : Penguin Press, 2012.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  305.5234 F876p 2012    ---  Available
Description xv, 330 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-317) and index.
Contents Introduction -- History and why it matters -- Culture of the plutocrats -- Superstars -- Responding to revolution -- Rent-seeking -- How the plutocrats relate to the rest of us -- Conclusion.
Summary 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.
Awards Lionel Gelber prize winner.
Subject Rich people -- Conduct of life.
Poor.
ISBN 9781594204098
1594204098
Standard No. 40021531711

 
    
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