Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich

excellent work

Really a very good read.Chrystia Freeland has offered up an easy read on a subject that is mostly covered and coloured by 'outsiders'.She manages to frame contemporary life dare I say perfectly, offering up a conversation here, some history there, but most crucial is its attempt to tackle the 'Global' in the title. The discussion seems complex when looked at from a local perspective, what does it mean to be wealthy in, say, america or france? Just being able to grasp the ins and out outs of international trade and lifestyle with its global culture allows proper insight into a world with its own social structures and core understandings.While the book avoids the philosophical/sociological discussions that many will be seeking out when they consider the topic. It gains a focus that feels more insightful in uncovering the motivations and ethical paradigms of people who for the most part are not trained in in politics or ethics or any of the humanities for that matter. These are bankers and miners and investors and technocrats and they are New, Global and Super-Rich. They are essentially an ultra high net worth middle class, i.e. not that different at heart than you or I but with much more pressures on social representation and preservation anxiety.

I have read a number of the books relating to the 1% and this one seemed to focus much less on the size of their yachts etc. I got a lot from the section about how they made it. While that perhaps wasn't rocket science, it isn't always easy to piece together in the mind.

Great, thank you!

Good book

thank you