{"product_id":"burned-by-billionaires-chuck-collins-9781620979099","title":"Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power Are Ruining Our Lives and Planet","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn expos? of the hidden impact of America's ?berwealthy on the country's economy, environmental health, housing market, and political system\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven if you don't begrudge the ultrarich their multiple vacation homes, yachts, and private jets, \u003cem\u003eBurned by Billionaires\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles how the actions of the top .01% have severe consequences for the rest of us. In chapters including \"Road Map to Richistan\" and \"Extractavism,\" upper-class traitor Chuck Collins takes down the \"myth of meritocracy,\" showing how the rich rig the game in their favor, resulting in an increasing concentration of wealth in the hands of a tiny (but growing) class of billionaires.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a wholly original argument, Collins shows the impact the ultrawealthy have on the rest of us: increasing the tax burden on ordinary working people; reducing public funding for schools, roads, and other essential infrastructure; shrinking the pool of affordable housing; and accelerating climate change with outsize emissions from superpollutant yachts and private jets. Perhaps worst of all, the concentration of wealth and power is leading to political capture, undermining the democratic principle that our votes matter equally.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLively chapters feature charts, graphs, political cartoons, and more. A final chapter on \"Reining in the Billionaires\" offers concrete prescriptions for taking power back from the billionaire class.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chuck Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620979098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620979099\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Chuck Collins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46747821539583,"sku":"9781620979099","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_06a7deac-7dcd-49a6-a419-a6ba2f34aad3.jpg?v=1743584832","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/burned-by-billionaires-chuck-collins-9781620979099","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}