ISBN:
9781982127213
,
9781982127220
Language:
English
Pages:
viii, 404 Seiten
,
24 cm
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mechanic, Michael Jackpot
DDC:
305.52340973
Keywords:
Wealth / Moral and ethical aspects / United States
;
Rich people / United States
;
Equality / United States
;
Social stratification / United States
;
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History
;
Equality
;
Rich people
;
Social stratification
;
Wealth / Moral and ethical aspects
;
United States
;
Instructional and educational works
Abstract:
"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"--
Abstract:
Striking it rich is among the most resilient of American fantasies; we dream of the jackpot, the life-altering payday, in whatever form that takes. But rarely do we follow the fantasy to its conclusion: to ponder the social, psychological, and societal downsides of great affluence and the fact that so few possess it. Featuring dozens of interviews with fortunate citizens, Mechanic shares a compassionate, character-rich, perversely humorous, and ultimately troubling journey into the American wealth fantasy and where it has taken us. -- adapted from jacket
Description / Table of Contents:
Jackpot -- Retail therapy -- The one -- From the elite to the impossible -- Entourage -- The psychology of consumption -- Losing trust -- The marriage premium -- My bodyguard -- The offspring -- Getting in -- Losing touch -- Capital Hill -- The snow ball grows -- Dynasty -- Who wants to have it all? -- Thriving while black -- Women on top -- Giving it away -- Perfect storm
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