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BILLIONAIRES
REFLECTIONS ON THE UPPER CRUST |
| By: |
Darrell M. West |
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Hardback |
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£25.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0815725825 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780815725824 |
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| Publisher: |
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION |
| Pub. date: |
18 September, 2014 |
| Pages: |
144 |
| Description: |
The top one percent own about one-third of the assets in America and 40 percent of assets around the world. This concentration of financial resources in many countries gives the ultra-rich extraordinary influence over elections, public policy, and governance. Darrell West's Billionaires analyses the growing political activism of the ultra-rich and the manner in which they have pioneered more activist forms of politics and philanthropy. |
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An estimated 40 percent of global assets are controlled by 1,645 men and women - the billionaires. Darrell M. West reveals what the other 99.9998% of us need to know. With rich anecdotes and personal narratives, West goes inside the world of the ultra wealthy. Meet billionaires such as Sheldon Adelson, Michael Bloomberg, David and Charles Koch, George Soros, Tom Steyer, and Donald Trump - as well as international billionaires from around the globe.The growing political engagement of this small supra-wealthy group raises important questions about influence, transparency, and government performance, and West lays bare the wealthification of politics, including:how billionaires can block appointments and legislation they don't likewhy the supra-wealthy moved into policy advocacy and referenda at the state levelwhy billionaires run for office in more than a dozen countries around the world |
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US |
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Brookings Institution |
| Prizes: |
Commended for IndieFab awards (Political Science) 2014 |
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