Tag: the 1 percent
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The Rise of the Thought Leader » Writing in one of Mussolini’s prisons in the 1930s, the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci jotted down the fragments that would become his theory… more ›
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Plutocrats at Work: How Big Philanthropy Undermines Democracy » Big philanthropy was born in the United States in the early twentieth century. The Russell Sage Foundation received its charter in… more ›
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Have the Rich Become “Super Citizens”? » Modern philanthropy was born in the early 20th century, with the birth of the Russell Sage Foundation. In 1907, the foundation was founded… more ›
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Is Your City Being Sold Off to Global Elites? » “See the little pair of shoes?” Kerry Starchuk brings her minivan to a halt before a sprawling manse with antebellum… more ›
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inside the inner circle of europe’s old-world elite » It’s been almost two weeks since Theresa May triggered Article 50, sending the UK hurtling towards a cliff edge and leading many… more ›
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The Reclusive Hedge-Fund Tycoon Behind the Trump Presidency » Last month, when President Donald Trump toured a Boeing aircraft plant in North Charleston, South Carolina, he saw a familiar face… more ›
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Meet the leader of a billionaires’ club determined to stop Trump from destroying the world » The glassy waters barely disturbed the Sanssouci Star, a 174-foot yacht on which William… more ›
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The Rise of the New Global Elite » F. Scott Fitzgerald was right when he declared the rich different from you and me. more ›
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We need to challenge the myth that the rich are specially-talented wealth creators » In this article revives some concepts – ‘unearned income’, ‘rentiers’, ‘functionless investors’, and ‘improperty’ – to explain why the… more ›