Plutocrats Paperback by Chrystia Freeland

Product Details

• Publisher: Anchor Canada (2014-01-07)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 352 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780385669733
• Item Weight: 419.58 grams
• Dimensions: 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.9 cm

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 In the last few decades what it means to be rich has changed dramatically. Forget the 1%; it's the wealthiest .01% who are fast outpacing the rest of us. Today's colossal fortunes are amassed by the diligent toiling of smart, perceptive businessmen who see themselves as deserving victors in a cutthroat international competition.
     Cracking open this tight-knit world is Chrystia Freeland, an acclaimed business journalist. At ease in Davos or Dubai, Freeland has reported on the lives and minds of these new super-elites for nearly decade. Grounding her interviews in the economics and history of modern capitalism, she provides examples of the new wealth and its consequences. She showcases the $3 million birthday party of a New York financier months before the financial meltdown; details the closed-door 2005 SEC meeting where the US government allowed investment banks to write their own regulatory laws; and tells how the Bank of Canada's Mark Carney became a key figure in the central battle between the plutocracy and the rest of us.

About the Author

CHRYSTIA FREELAND is Canada’s Minister of Finance. Prior to her career in politics, Freeland was the global editor-at-large at Reuters news agency following years of service at The Financial Times in both New York and London. She was the deputy editor of The Globe and Mail, and has reported for The Financial Times, The Economist, and The Washington Post. Freeland is also the author of Sale of a Century: The Inside Story of the Second Russian Revolution.