The Rich Are Different
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The Good Rich And What They Cost Us
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Author : Robert F. Dalzell
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2013-01-08
The Good Rich And What They Cost Us written by Robert F. Dalzell and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-08 with Social Science categories.
This timely book holds up for scrutiny a great paradox at the core of the American Dream: a passionate belief in the principle of democracy combined with an equally passionate celebration of the creation of wealth. Americans treasure an open, equal society, yet we also admire those fortunate few who amass riches on a scale that undermines social equality. In today's era of "vulture capitalist" hedge fund managers, internet fortunes, and a growing concern over inequality in American life, should we cling to both parts of the paradox? Can we?/div To understand the problems that vast individual fortunes pose for democratic values, Robert Dalzell turns to American history. He presents an intriguing cast of wealthy individuals from colonial times to the present, including George Washington, one of the richest Americans of his day, the "robber baron" John D. Rockefeller, and Oprah Winfrey, for whom extreme wealth is inextricably tied to social concerns. Dalzell uncovers the sources of contradictory attitudes toward the rich, how the very rich have sought to be perceived as "good rich," and the facts behind the widespread notion that wealth and generosity go hand in hand. In a thoughtful and balanced conclusion, the author explores the cost of our longstanding attitudes toward the rich./divDIV DIV DIVAmong the case studies in America's Good Rich:/divDIVPuritan merchant Robert Keayne/divDIVGeorge Washington/divDIVManufacturers Amos & Abbot Lawrence/divDIVOil magnate John D. Rockefeller/divDIVBill Gates/divDIVWarren Buffet/divDIVSteve Jobs/divDIVOprah Winfrey/div
A Farewell To Alms
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Author : Gregory Clark
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2008-12-29
A Farewell To Alms written by Gregory Clark and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-29 with Business & Economics categories.
Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution--and the unprecedented economic growth that came with it--occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at some other time, or in some other place? Why didn't industrialization make the whole world rich--and why did it make large parts of the world even poorer? In A Farewell to Alms, Gregory Clark tackles these profound questions and suggests a new and provocative way in which culture--not exploitation, geography, or resources--explains the wealth, and the poverty, of nations. Countering the prevailing theory that the Industrial Revolution was sparked by the sudden development of stable political, legal, and economic institutions in seventeenth-century Europe, Clark shows that such institutions existed long before industrialization. He argues instead that these institutions gradually led to deep cultural changes by encouraging people to abandon hunter-gatherer instincts-violence, impatience, and economy of effort-and adopt economic habits-hard work, rationality, and education. The problem, Clark says, is that only societies that have long histories of settlement and security seem to develop the cultural characteristics and effective workforces that enable economic growth. For the many societies that have not enjoyed long periods of stability, industrialization has not been a blessing. Clark also dissects the notion, championed by Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel, that natural endowments such as geography account for differences in the wealth of nations. A brilliant and sobering challenge to the idea that poor societies can be economically developed through outside intervention, A Farewell to Alms may change the way global economic history is understood.
Penmarric
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Author : Susan Howatch
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-06-06
Penmarric written by Susan Howatch and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-06 with Fiction categories.
Susan Howatch's dark, epic family saga is a must-read for fans of Winston Graham's Poldark We all want what we cannot have, but when Mark Castallack sees his longed-for inheritance Penmarric, a gothic mansion on the bleak cliffs of Cornwall, and the mysterious, mesmerising Janna, he knows that he will make them his and nothing will stand in his way. Yet when Mark realizes his dreams, Penmarric only brings a legacy of conflict, jealousy, infidelity and betrayal. Spanning the Victorian era to the Second World War, this gripping story of one man and his two feuding families chronicles the tempestuous clashes between warring sons, wives and mistresses, and between a house divided against itself.
Dare To Be Different And Grow Rich
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Author : Rainer Zitelmann
language : en
Publisher: Lid Publishing
Release Date : 2019-11-15
Dare To Be Different And Grow Rich written by Rainer Zitelmann and has been published by Lid Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-15 with Self-realization categories.
Richard Branson stated: " No goal is beyond our reach and even the impossible can become possible for those with vision and belief in themselves." This is the topic of this book, which studies the lives of 50 extraordinarily successful women and men - most of them entrepreneurs, but also top managers, athletes, entertainers and others - to find out what distinguishes them and the lessons that we can all learn. What really sets these highly successful and rich individuals apart is their courage to be different from the majority of those around them. They challenge traditional ways of thinking and they set their goals and ambitions considerably higher than most people. Their stories serve as powerful guidelines for anyone who wants to aim higher and achieve much more than those around you.
How The Rich Are Destroying The Earth
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Author : Hervé Kempf
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
How The Rich Are Destroying The Earth written by Hervé Kempf and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Business & Economics categories.
A best seller in France, and already translated into Spanish, Italian, Greek, and Korean, Hervé Kempf'sHow the Rich Are Destroying the Earth now appears in its first English edition. Bringing to bear more than twenty years of experience as an environmental journalist, Kempf describes the invincibility that many of the world's wealthy feel in the face of global warming, and how their unchecked privilege is thwarting action on the single most vexing problem facing our world.In this important primer on the link between global ecology and the global economy, Kempf makes the following observations: First, that the planet's ecological situation is growing ever worse, despite the efforts of millions of engaged citizens around the world. And second, despite environmentalists' emphasis that "we're all in the same boat," the world's economic elites--who continue to benefit by plundering the environment--have access to "lifeboats" that insulate them from the resulting catastrophes.Societies have not been able to effectively combat the expanding ecological crisis because it is intimately linked to the social crisis in which the ruling form of capitalism has been organized to impede democratic initiatives. This link explains the failure to make progress against the greatest emergency of our time, because in this relationship the oligarchy plays an essential and destructive role. For this reason, solving the ecological crisis depends on disrupting the power of the world's elite.We cannot understand the entwined ecological and social crises, Kempf argues, if we don't see them as the two sides of the same disaster--a disaster that comes from a system piloted by a dominant social strata that has no drive other than greed, no ideal other than conservatism, no dream other than technology. But Kempf also calls for measured optimism: "Despite the scale of the challenges that await us, solutions are emerging and--faced with the sinister prospects the oligarchs promote--the desire to remake the world is being reborn."
The Rich Boy
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Author : F. Scott Fitzgerald
language : en
Publisher: Hesperus Press
Release Date : 2025-04-01
The Rich Boy written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and has been published by Hesperus Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-04-01 with Fiction categories.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, the king of Jazz Age writing, captures the glamor and despair of 1920s high society in The Rich Boy. This collection also includes The Last of the Belles and The Bridal Party, exploring the emptiness beneath wealth as dreams fade and illusions shatter.
How Rich People Think
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Author : Steve Siebold
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-07
How Rich People Think written by Steve Siebold and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07 with Finance, Personal categories.
Siebold compares the thoughts, habits, and philosophies of the middle class to the world class when it comes to wealth. The differences are as extreme as they are numerous. The strategy is simple: learn how rich people think, copy them, take action and get rich.
The Rich Are Different
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Author : Jon Winokur
language : en
Publisher: Pantheon
Release Date : 1996
The Rich Are Different written by Jon Winokur and has been published by Pantheon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Business & Economics categories.
For everyone who admires, envies, and loathes the one percent, here are the foibles and follies of such plutocrats as William Vanderbilt, Leona Helmsley, Aristotle Onassis, and Doris Duke. Readers learn how the super-rich get, conserve, and squander their fortunes, how they thwart tax collectors, buy legislative bodies and, quite literally, get away with murder.
Rich People Problems
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Author : Kevin Kwan
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2019-10-10
Rich People Problems written by Kevin Kwan and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-10 with Fiction categories.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PRE-ORDER THE NEWEST NOVEL BY KEVIN KWAN, LIES AND WEDDINGS: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lies-Weddings-Kevin-Kwan/dp/1529152844 'Flashy, funny ... Delicious ... A memorable, laugh-out-loud Asian glitz fest that's a pure pleasure to read' USA Today Nicholas Young's grandmother Su Yi is on her deathbed. While he rushes to be by her bedside, he's not the only one. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim on their matriarch's massive fortune. With all parties vying to inherit a trophy estate in the heart of Singapore, Nicholas's childhood home turns into a hotbed of sabotage and scandal. Taking us from the elegantly appointed mansions of Manila to the secluded private islands in the Sulu Sea, Kevin Kwan's final installment in this irresistible trilogy reveals the long-buried secrets of Asia's most privileged families and their rich people problems.
At Bethany
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Author : Herschel E. Moore
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2010-02-03
At Bethany written by Herschel E. Moore and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-03 with Religion categories.
AT BETHANY: Sermons and Essays is a collection of some of the most effective and thought-provoking works of the author during his tenure at Bethany Christian Church in Houston, a church known for sound preaching since its founding by Dr. Elmer D. Henson in 1947. These writings bring the Gospel of Christ to bear upon issues of political and social concern such as war, poverty, and the environment as well as matters of personal discipleship.