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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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American Plutocrats Are Cosmopolitan Citizens of the World

Modern plutocrats are cosmopolitan citizens of the world, feeling essentially no loyalty to the countries of their birth. American sos can preen themselves on being progressive while taking advantage of the stability and protections legal and otherwise america. Most interesting to me is how often, when freeland quotes various plutocrats, variations on the phrase value creation crop up. That's because many plutocrats get their wealth from non productive businesses that most definitely do not create ale.

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