Wealth and democracy : a political history of the American rich /
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Broadway Books,
2002.
|
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | ebrary Sample text Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
Table of Contents:
- part 1. The great waves of American wealth
- 1. The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries : from privateersmen to robber barons
- 2. Serious money : the three twentieth-century wealth explosions
- 3. Millennial plutographics : American fortunes and misfortunes at the turn of the century
- part 2. The origins, evolutions, and engines of wealth : government, global leadership, and technology
- 4. The world is our oyster : the transformation of leading world economic powers
- 5. Friends in high places : government, political influence, and wealth
- 6. Technology and the uncertain foundations of Anglo-American wealth
- part 3. Wealth and democracy : the rhythm of politics and confrontation
- 7. Wealth and politics in the United States
- 8. Wealth, money-culture ethics, and corruption
- 9. The cup always runneth over : greed, speculative bubbles, and reform
- 10. Great economic power decline and the politics of resentment
- part 4. Thinking ahead
- Afterword : wealth and democracy : the United States and the new century.