Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else

What the summary covers

1. The New Global Elite2 min
2. Two Gilded Ages5 min
3. Working Rich, Global Peers4 min
4. The Economics of Superstars4 min
5. Profiting from Upheaval4 min
6. When Wealth Buys the Rules4 min
7. Plutocrats and the Rest of Us4 min
8. Keeping the Market Open2 min

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