Binding: Paperback
Description: " Meet the Billionaires: the 1,645 men and women who control a massive share of global assets worth $6.5 trillion. Darrell West reveals what the other 99.99998% of us need to know. With rich anecdotes and personal narratives West goes inside the world of the ultra wealthy. Meet U. S. billionaires such as Sheldon Adelson Michael Bloomberg David and Charles Koch George Soros Tom Steyer and Donald Trump as well as international billionaires from around the globe. The growing political engagement of this small supra - wealthy group raises important questions about influence transparency and government performance and West lays bare the wealthification of politics including: How billionaires can block appointments and legislation they don't like Why the supra - wealthy moved into policy advocacy and referenda at the state level Why billionaires run for office in more than a dozen countries around the world"
Title: Billionaires Reflections On The Upper Crust
Author(s): West Darrell M.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Barcode: 9780815725961
Pages: 269 Pages
Publication Date: 9/18/2014
Category: Pressure Groups & Lobbying