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Jackpot : how the super-rich really live--and how their wealth harms us all / Michael Mechanic.
Lippincott Library HC110.W4 M445 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mechanic, Michael, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wealth--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Wealth.
- Rich people--United States.
- Rich people.
- Equality--United States.
- Equality.
- Social stratification--United States.
- Social stratification.
- Wealth--Moral and ethical aspects.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Instructional and educational works.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Other Title:
- Jack pot
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
- Summary:
- "A senior editor at Mother Jones dives into the lives of the extremely rich, showing the fascinating, otherworldly realm they inhabit--and the insidious ways this realm harms us all"-- Provided by publisher.
- Striking it rich is among the most resilient of American fantasies; we dream of the jackpot, the life-altering payday, in whatever form that takes. But rarely do we follow the fantasy to its conclusion: to ponder the social, psychological, and societal downsides of great affluence and the fact that so few possess it. Featuring dozens of interviews with fortunate citizens, Mechanic shares a compassionate, character-rich, perversely humorous, and ultimately troubling journey into the American wealth fantasy and where it has taken us. -- adapted from jacket
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: PART I
- ch. 1 Jackpot
- ch. 2 Retail Therapy
- ch. 3 The One
- ch. 4 From the Elite to the Impossible
- PART II
- ch. 5 Entourage
- ch. 6 The Psychology of Consumption
- ch. 7 Losing Trust
- ch. 8 The Marriage Premium
- ch. 9 My Bodyguard
- ch. 10 The Offspring
- ch. 11 Getting In
- ch. 12 Losing Touch
- PART III
- ch. 13 Capital Hill
- ch. 14 The Snow Ball Grows
- ch. 15 Dynasty
- ch. 16 Who Wants to Have It All?
- ch. 17 Thriving While Black
- ch. 18 Women on Top
- ch. 19 Giving It Away
- ch. 20 Perfect Storm.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Tom Monahan Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Mechanic, Michael. Jackpot
- ISBN:
- 9781982127213
- 198212721X
- 9781982127220
- 1982127228
- OCLC:
- 1204265268
- Publisher Number:
- 99992113795
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