Plutocrats (book)
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2012 non-fiction book by Chrystia Freeland
This article is about the 2012 book. For the concept of extreme wealth, see HB251 .F74 2012
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Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else is a book about economic inequality by Chrystia Freeland, first published in 2012. In 2013, it won the Lionel Gelber Prize and the National Business Book Award.[1][2]
Content
Plutocrats discusses the lives of
Russian oligarchs, Wall Street financial professionals, and American business executives—and devotes considerable attention to how the third group got so rich.[3] It argues that the very rich are often products of fortuitous circumstances,[4] but nonetheless take themselves to deserve their wealth because contemporary plutocrats tend to earn money by working;[5] however, the book does not reach a position one way or another about whether contemporary wealth is meritocratic,[4] nor does it investigate inherited wealth.[6]
Reception
A review in The Guardian, while generally praising Plutocrats, noted that it was "short of solutions" to the problems it identifies.[7] According to Anthony Gould, Plutocrats argues that the American Dream is "apparently over", because American society no longer rewards entrepreneurs who produce useful or valuable goods and instead favours financial chicanery as a way to get rich.[8]
Minister of International Trade and eventually Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
.
References
- ^ Barber, John (March 25, 2013). "Plutocrats author Chrystia Freeland wins $15,000 book prize for international affairs". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on December 24, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- ^ "Chrystia Freeland's Plutocrats wins National Business Book Award". The Globe and Mail. May 28, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- ^ Johnston, Donald J. (March 2013). "Return of the Robber Barons". Literary Review of Canada. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- ^ a b Good, Alex (January 3, 2013). "Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else". Quill & Quire. Archived from the original on December 24, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- ^ Sorensen, Chris (November 1, 2012). "Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone ELse". Maclean's. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- ^ Birrell, Ian (November 1, 2012). "Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich by Chrystia Freeland – review". The Guardian. Archived from the original on December 24, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- JSTOR 24641869.
- ^ a b Bryden, Joan (August 23, 2020). "Freeland's 'Plutocrats' book showcases her views on taxes, deficits, joblessness". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on December 24, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.