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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     McQuaig, Linda, 1951-     Subjects     Wealth -- United States.     Income distribution -- United States.     Rich people -- Taxation -- United States.     Equality -- United States.     Democracy -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      McQuaig, Linda, 1951-       by title:      Billionaires' ball :...         MARC Display

Billionaires' ball : gluttony and hubris in an age of epic inequality / Linda McQuaig, Neil Brooks. by McQuaig, Linda, 1951- Boston : Beacon Press, c2012. Subjects Wealth -- United States.   Income distribution -- United States.   Rich people -- Taxation -- United States.   Equality -- United States.   Democracy -- United States. ISBN:  9780807003398 (alk. paper) 0807003395 (alk. paper) Description:  268 p. ; 24 cm. Contents:  Return of the plutocrats -- Why pornography is the only true free market -- Millionaires and the crash of 1929 -- Billionaires and the crash of 2009 -- Why Bill Gates doesn't deserve his fortune -- Why other billionaires are even less deserving -- Hank Aaron and the myths about motivation -- Taking the fun out of tax haves -- Why billionaires are bad for your health -- Why billionaires are bad for democracy -- The true badge of citizenship -- Revamping the ovarian lottery. Requests:  0 Summary:  Looks at the dangers of unbalanced income distribution, and shows how United States claims the most billionaires but suffers from high rates of infant mortality and crime, short life expectancy, and low rates of social mobility.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 339.22097 Mc Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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