{"product_id":"billionaires-ball-linda-mcquaig-9780807003435","title":"Billionaires' Ball: Gluttony and Hubris in an Age of Epic Inequality","description":"\u003cp\u003eA society top-heavy with billionaires may seem like a paradise of upward mobility, but it actually more closely resembles a boneyard of broken dreams for all but a lucky few. Between 1980 and 2008, the incomes of the bottom 90 percent of Americans grew by a meager 1 percent compared to a whopping 403 percent for the top .01 percent. We tend to regard these large fortunes as proof of a meritocracy, yet there is no evidence that members of today's super-rich are any more talented or hardworking than were the elite of a generation ago. Via vivid profiles of billionaires--ranging from philanthropic capitalist Bill Gates and the infamous Koch brothers to brazen private equity baron Stephen Schwarzman--\u003ci\u003eBillionaires' Ball\u003c\/i\u003e debunks the notion that they \"deserve\" their grand fortunes, when such wealth is really a by-product of a legal and economic system that's become deeply flawed and is now threatening the quality of life and very functioning of our democracy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda McQuaig,Neil Brooks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807003433\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807003435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Linda McQuaig","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48216508072191,"sku":"9780807003435","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5b73fdf5-0628-4e4f-95bc-4e885ea8d069.jpg?v=1771991468","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/billionaires-ball-linda-mcquaig-9780807003435","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}