Handbook on wealth and the super-rich / edited by Iain Hay, Jonathan Beaverstock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hay, Iain.

Beaverstock, Jonathan.

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wealth--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Wealth.

Rich people--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Rich people.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 482 pages) : illustrations ; cm.

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2016.

Summary:

Fewer than 100 people own and control more wealth than 50 per cent of the world's population. The Handbook on Wealth and the Super-Rich is a landmark multidisciplinary evaluation of both the lives and lifestyles of the super-rich, as well as the processes that underpin super-wealth generation and its unequal distribution. Drawing on international case studies, leading experts from across the social sciences offer 22 accessible and coherently organized chapters, which critically analyse a range of topics including: -the legitimacy of extreme wealth from a moral economic perspective -biographies of illicit super-wealth -London's housing markets -how the very wealthy fly -the environmental consequences of super-rich lives -crafting immigration policies to attract the rich. Students and scholars studying a host of topics such as development studies, economics, geography, history, political science and sociology will find this book eminently engaging. It will also be of great interest to public commentators, charitable organizations and NGOs concerned with wealth and income distributions.

Contents:

1. 'They've never had it so good' : the rise and rise of the super-rich and wealth inequality / Jonathan V. Beaverstock and Iain Hay

2. Reconsidering the super-rich : variations, structural conditions, and urban consequences / Sin Yee Koh, Bart Wissink and Ray Forrest

3. Historical geographies of wealth : opportunities, institutions and accumulation, c.1800-1930 / Alastair Owens and David R. Green

4. On plutonomy : economy, power and the wealthy few in the second gilded age / Iain Hay

5. Interrogating the legitimacy of extreme wealth : a moral economic perspective / Andrew Sayer

6. Billionaire philanthropy : 'decaf capitalism' / Ilan Kapoor

7. Making money and making a self : the moral career of entrepreneurs / Paul G. Schervish

8. Taking up Caletrío's challenge : silence and the construction of wealth eliteness in Jamie Johnson's documentary film Born rich / Sam Schulz and Iain Hay

9. "One time I'ma show you how to get rich!" rap music, wealth and the rise of the hip-hop mogul / Allan Watson

10. Biographies of illicit super-wealth / Tim Hall

11. Capital city? London's housing markets and the 'super-rich' / Rowland Atkinson, Roger Burrows and David Rhodes

12. The residential spaces of the super-rich / Chris Paris

13. Reconfiguring places : Wealth and the transformation of rural areas / Michael Woods

14. Performing wealth and status: observing superyachts and the superrich in Monaco / Emma Spence

15. Flights of indulgence (or How the very wealthy fly): the aeromobile patterns and practices of the super-rich / Lucy Budd

16. Looking at luxury : consuming luxury fashion in global cities / Louise Crewe and Amber Martin

17. The luxury of nature : the environmental consequences of super-rich lives / Aidan Davison

18. Attracting wealth : crafting immigration policy to attract the rich / John Rennie Short

19. Sovereign wealth and the nation-state / Adam D. Dixon

20. Super-rich capitalism : managing and preserving private wealth management in the offshore world / Jonathan V. Beaverstock and Sarah Hall

21. Troubling tax havens : multi-jurisdictional arbitrage and corporate tax footprint reduction / Ronen Palan and Giovanni Mangraviti

22. No change there! wealth and oil / Isaac 'Asume' Osuoka and Anna Zalik.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781783474042 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.