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Billionaires Ball: Gluttony and Hubris in an Age of Epic Inequality (9780807003398): Linda McQuaig, Neil Brooks: Books. “Lively, tough-minded, and impeccably researched, Billionaires’ Ball powerfully demonstrates how ruthless political opportunism—as opposed to talent, hard work, or innovation—is helping the rich get richer. The current system, unjust and socially destructive, McQuaig and Brooks argue, sacrifices the interests of the bottom 99 percent (as the Occupy Wall Street movement has described it) to ensure unprecedented wealth and privilege for the 1 percent at the top.”—Joel Bakan, author of The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power and Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children “In this breezy and lucid tale of the rise, fall, and return of plutocracy in America, Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks make a compelling case for taxes, especially on the inheritance of great fortunes that could renew American society from one generation to the next.”—James K. Galbraith, author of Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis “A devastating exposé of the real-world impact of extreme wealth concentration from two of our most rigorous, knowledgeable and humorous chroniclers of corporate excess. An indispensable read for this political moment.”—Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine“By profiling members of the upper .01%, [McQuaig and Brooks] colorfully demonstrate the whopping dimensions of inequality, debunking notions that it is economically, politically, or morally justified. A compelling book for all concerned citizens and anyone who wonders if this is the only world possible.”—Robert W. McChesney, co-founder of Free Press and co-author of Dollarocracy: How Billionaires Are Buying Our Democracy and What We Can Do about It “McQuaig and Brooks give a fascinating account of how many of the country’s super-rich made their fortunes and why they do not deserve them. Billionaires’ Ball will leave readers both better informed and infuriated.”—Dean Baker, co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and author of False Profits
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