Books like Plutocrats by Chrystia Freeland
There has always been some gap between rich and poor, but it has never been wider - and now the rich are getting wealthier at such breakneck speed that the middle classes are being squeezed out. As a transglobal class of highly successful professionals, these self-made oligarchs often have more in common with one another than with their own countrymen. Chrystia Freeland, acclaimed business journalist and Global Editor-at-Large of Reuters, has unprecedented access to the richest and most successful people on the planet, from Davos to Dubai, and dissects their lives with intelligence, empathy and objectivity. Freeland examines the role of women, the industrial revolution, China, Disney studios, and more.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Politics & Government/Public Policy
Authors: Chrystia Freeland
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