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Billionaires' ball : gluttony and hubris in an age of epic inequality
- Title
- Billionaires' ball : gluttony and hubris in an age of epic inequality / Linda McQuaig, Neil Brooks.
- Author
- McQuaig, Linda, 1951-
- Publication
- Boston : Beacon Press, c2012.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 12-3678 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Brooks, Neil.
- Description
- 268 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Looks at the dangers of unbalanced income distribution, and shows how United States claims the most billionaires but suffers from high rates of infant mortality and crime, short life expectancy, and low rates of social mobility.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-257) and index.
- Contents
- Return of the plutocrats -- Why pornography is the only true free market -- Millionaires and the crash of 1929 -- Billionaires and the crash of 2009 -- Why Bill Gates doesn't deserve his fortune -- Why other billionaires are even less deserving -- Hank Aaron and the myths about motivation -- Taking the fun out of tax haves -- Why billionaires are bad for your health -- Why billionaires are bad for democracy -- The true badge of citizenship -- Revamping the ovarian lottery.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-3678
- ISBN
- 9780807003398 (alk. paper)
- 0807003395 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2011048724
- OCLC
- YBP 2011048724
- Author
- McQuaig, Linda, 1951-
- Title
- Billionaires' ball : gluttony and hubris in an age of epic inequality / Linda McQuaig, Neil Brooks.
- Imprint
- Boston : Beacon Press, c2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-257) and index.
- Added Author
- Brooks, Neil.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-3678