Mechanic, Michael
Jackpot how the super-rich really live--and how their wealth harms us all Jack pot Michael Mechanic - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - New York, NY Simon & Schuster 2021 - viii, 404 pages illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Jackpot -- Retail therapy -- The one -- From the elite to the impossible -- Entourage -- The psychology of consumption -- Losing trust -- The marriage premium -- My bodyguard -- The offspring -- Getting in -- Losing touch -- Capital Hill -- The snow ball grows -- Dynasty -- Who wants to have it all? -- Thriving while black -- Women on top -- Giving it away -- Perfect storm.
"A senior editor at Mother Jones dives into the lives of the extremely rich, showing the fascinating, otherworldly realm they inhabit--and the insidious ways this realm harms us all"-- Striking it rich is among the most resilient of American fantasies; we dream of the jackpot, the life-altering payday, in whatever form that takes. But rarely do we follow the fantasy to its conclusion: to ponder the social, psychological, and societal downsides of great affluence and the fact that so few possess it. Featuring dozens of interviews with fortunate citizens, Mechanic shares a compassionate, character-rich, perversely humorous, and ultimately troubling journey into the American wealth fantasy and where it has taken us. -- adapted from jacket
9781982127213 9781982127220
2020046505
020158126 Uk
Wealth--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Rich people--United States.
Equality--United States.
Social stratification--United States.
Riches
Business & Economics--Economic History
United States.
HC110.W4 / M445 2021
305.52340973 Mec 9
Jackpot how the super-rich really live--and how their wealth harms us all Jack pot Michael Mechanic - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - New York, NY Simon & Schuster 2021 - viii, 404 pages illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Jackpot -- Retail therapy -- The one -- From the elite to the impossible -- Entourage -- The psychology of consumption -- Losing trust -- The marriage premium -- My bodyguard -- The offspring -- Getting in -- Losing touch -- Capital Hill -- The snow ball grows -- Dynasty -- Who wants to have it all? -- Thriving while black -- Women on top -- Giving it away -- Perfect storm.
"A senior editor at Mother Jones dives into the lives of the extremely rich, showing the fascinating, otherworldly realm they inhabit--and the insidious ways this realm harms us all"-- Striking it rich is among the most resilient of American fantasies; we dream of the jackpot, the life-altering payday, in whatever form that takes. But rarely do we follow the fantasy to its conclusion: to ponder the social, psychological, and societal downsides of great affluence and the fact that so few possess it. Featuring dozens of interviews with fortunate citizens, Mechanic shares a compassionate, character-rich, perversely humorous, and ultimately troubling journey into the American wealth fantasy and where it has taken us. -- adapted from jacket
9781982127213 9781982127220
2020046505
020158126 Uk
Wealth--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Rich people--United States.
Equality--United States.
Social stratification--United States.
Riches
Business & Economics--Economic History
United States.
HC110.W4 / M445 2021
305.52340973 Mec 9