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Stinking Rich

- The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire

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From Occupy Wall Street to 'tax-the-rich' activism, there has been growing resistance to the unearned wealth and power commanded by the billionaire class - an ultra-elite social class who have sequestered the world's wealth while others languish in poverty and hunger. How do they get away with it? Coupled with their immense financial resources, a set of inter-connected myths portray billionaires as a 'force for good' - Heroic billionaires - Generous billionaires - Meritorious billionaires - Vigilante billionaires These archetypes are allowing billionaire wealth and power to set us back to old-style feudalism and plutocracy. Offering a trenchant critique of the new breed of billionaires, this incisive book testifies to the growing political will worldwide to take concrete actions to support economic justice and democratic equality.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781529239102
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Udgivet:
  • 21. januar 2025
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From Occupy Wall Street to 'tax-the-rich' activism, there has been growing resistance to the unearned wealth and power commanded by the billionaire class - an ultra-elite social class who have sequestered the world's wealth while others languish in poverty and hunger. How do they get away with it? Coupled with their immense financial resources, a set of inter-connected myths portray billionaires as a 'force for good' - Heroic billionaires - Generous billionaires - Meritorious billionaires - Vigilante billionaires These archetypes are allowing billionaire wealth and power to set us back to old-style feudalism and plutocracy. Offering a trenchant critique of the new breed of billionaires, this incisive book testifies to the growing political will worldwide to take concrete actions to support economic justice and democratic equality.

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