
Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else (Chrystia Freeland)
The Worthy House (Charles Haywood)
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Freeland's Inequality of Wealth and Income
The author initially frames her book by citing the cosnets curve, the idea that inequality necessarily diminishes as a civilization gets richer. The shsh worship is so over the top, actually, that the reader wonders if freeland has some relationship with him. Another problem is that freeland tries to achieve a global focus by citing individual sand tatistics from india, russia and china. She never even acknowledges this critical distinction.
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