The Trouble with Billionaires: Why Too Much Money At The Top Is Bad For Everyone by Mcquaig Linda

The Trouble with Billionaires: Why Too Much Money At The Top Is Bad For Everyone by Mcquaig Linda

The glittering lives of billionaires may seem like a harmless source of entertainment. But such concentrated economic power reverberates throughout society, threatening the quality of life and the very functioning of democracy. It's no accident that the United States claims the most billionaires--but suffers among the highest rates of infant mortality and crime, the shortest life expectancy, as well as the lowest rates of social mobility and electoral political participation in the developed world.

Our society tends to regard large fortunes as evidence of great talent or accomplishment. Yet the vast new wealth isn't due to an increase in talent or effort at the top, but rather to changing social attitudes legitimizing greed and government policy changes that favour the new elite. Authoritative and eye-opening, The Trouble with Billionaires will spark debate about the kind of society we want.

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ISBN 13	9780670064199
ISBN 10	067006419X
Title	The Trouble with Billionaires: Why Too Much Money At The Top Is Bad For Everyone
Author	Mcquaig Linda
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Viking
Year published	2010-09-14
Number of pages	288
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