Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live--And How Their Wealth Harms Us All
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Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live--And How Their Wealth Harms Us All by Michael Mechanic
A senior editor at Mother Jones dives into the lives of the extremely rich, showing the fascinating, otherworldly realm they inhabit-and the insidious ways this realm harms us all.
Economic inequality has never been more gaping in the United States, which makes it the perfect time to read Jackpot, Michael Mechanic's entertaining and eviscerating peek behind the velvet curtains and into the real lives of America's Super-RichMechanic provides an eyeopening expose of the myriad ways in which our nation's political system unfairly enriches those at the top at the expense of those at the bottom. His myth-busting conclusion is that everyone loses, even the lucky few who have hit the jackpot. -JANE MAYER, author of Dark Money
Eye-opening.... often a gleeful sendup of the absurd eccentricities of the superrich.... A scathing but fair indictment of how the mindless worship of wealth makes us all poorer. -Kirkus Reviews
Jackpot skillfully explores the impact of great wealth on people's lives and society; an economic system driven by selfish values; and the urgent need for a more fair, equal, and sustainable capitalism that works for the greater good of everyone and the planet. -MARC BENIOFF, chair and CEO of Salesforce
Jackpot explores the harm that great wealth imposes, not only on society but also, surprisingly, on those who possess it. In ways that bring to mind the late nineteenth century, the United States now faces the consequences of 'wealth against commonwealth,' except today's robber barons are even richer. Do you want to win the lottery? As Michael Mechanic eloquently shows, maybe you don't. Instead of playing a rigged game, we should be challenging its outcomes and changing the rules. -ERIC SCHLOSSER, author of Command and Control
Such great fun to read-so inside the heads and lives of its subjects- that its vital insights sneak up on you: how America's most fortunate, often despite the best intentions, perpetuate class advantages; how African Americans and women of all races are systematically excluded from wealth-building; and how rethinking our cherished myths about money and mobility could help us survive as a nation. -PEGGY ORENSTEIN, author of Girls & Sex
A nimble exploration of a society obsessed with crowning winners and punishing losers. Jackpot makes me angry but also hits the spot. -GARY SHTEYNGART, author, Lake Success
Mike Mechanic's Jackpot is a rich, well-reported, compellingly told story that is not only a good read but an unsettling reminder of the absurd advantages that accrue to Americans who have won the proverbial lottery. -GARY RIVLIN, author, Broke USA
Eye-opening.... often a gleeful sendup of the absurd eccentricities of the superrich.... A scathing but fair indictment of how the mindless worship of wealth makes us all poorer. -Kirkus Reviews
Jackpot skillfully explores the impact of great wealth on people's lives and society; an economic system driven by selfish values; and the urgent need for a more fair, equal, and sustainable capitalism that works for the greater good of everyone and the planet. -MARC BENIOFF, chair and CEO of Salesforce
Jackpot explores the harm that great wealth imposes, not only on society but also, surprisingly, on those who possess it. In ways that bring to mind the late nineteenth century, the United States now faces the consequences of 'wealth against commonwealth,' except today's robber barons are even richer. Do you want to win the lottery? As Michael Mechanic eloquently shows, maybe you don't. Instead of playing a rigged game, we should be challenging its outcomes and changing the rules. -ERIC SCHLOSSER, author of Command and Control
Such great fun to read-so inside the heads and lives of its subjects- that its vital insights sneak up on you: how America's most fortunate, often despite the best intentions, perpetuate class advantages; how African Americans and women of all races are systematically excluded from wealth-building; and how rethinking our cherished myths about money and mobility could help us survive as a nation. -PEGGY ORENSTEIN, author of Girls & Sex
A nimble exploration of a society obsessed with crowning winners and punishing losers. Jackpot makes me angry but also hits the spot. -GARY SHTEYNGART, author, Lake Success
Mike Mechanic's Jackpot is a rich, well-reported, compellingly told story that is not only a good read but an unsettling reminder of the absurd advantages that accrue to Americans who have won the proverbial lottery. -GARY RIVLIN, author, Broke USA
Mechanic, Michael: - Michael Mechanic is a longtime senior editor at Mother Jones magazine. His writing has also appeared in Wired, The Industry Standard, the Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere. He has a master's degree from Harvard University in cellular and developmental biology and a master's in journalism from the University of California-Berkeley, where he also earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry. At Mother Jones, he writes and edits award-winning stories and wrangles the magazine's culture section, for which he has interviewed numerous prominent authors, musicians, and Hollywood personalities. Mechanic lives in Oakland, California with his wife, two very chill teenagers, and a striped cat named Phelps. He plays five musical instruments in his spare time.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781982127213 |
| ISBN 10 | 198212721X |
| Title | Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live--And How Their Wealth Harms Us All |
| Author | Michael Mechanic |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Simon And Schuster |
| Year published | 2021-06-10 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
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