The Rich
- Author John Kampfner
- Narrator Roger Davis
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Run Time 18 hours and 31 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Economics.
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What to expect
From the Orwell Prize shortlisted author of Freedom for Sale, The Rich is the fascinating history of how economic elites from ancient Egypt to the present day have gained and spent their money.
Starting with Ancient Egypt and Greece and culminating with the oligarchies of modern Russia and China, it compares and contrasts the rich and powerful down the ages and around the world. What unites them? Have the same instincts of entrepreneurship, ambition, vanity, greed and philanthropy applied throughout?
As contemporary politicians, economists and the public wrestle with the inequities of our time - the parallel world inhabited by the ultra-wealthy at a time of broader hardship - it is salutary to look to history for explanations. This book synthesises thousands of years of human behaviour and asks the question: is the development of the globalised super-rich over the past twenty years anything new?
Starting with Ancient Egypt and Greece and culminating with the oligarchies of modern Russia and China, it compares and contrasts the rich and powerful down the ages and around the world. What unites them? Have the same instincts of entrepreneurship, ambition, vanity, greed and philanthropy applied throughout?
As contemporary politicians, economists and the public wrestle with the inequities of our time - the parallel world inhabited by the ultra-wealthy at a time of broader hardship - it is salutary to look to history for explanations. This book synthesises thousands of years of human behaviour and asks the question: is the development of the globalised super-rich over the past twenty years anything new?
Critics Review
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Praise for John Kampfner: One of Britain’s most distinguished political writers
Mail on Sunday -
The Rich is an absorbing read . . . there is plenty of rich material
The Times -
The Rich is witty, extremely readable and home to all sorts of enjoyably crazy figures
Observer -
Fascinating
Tatler -
More readable than Piketty . . . original and enjoyable
Literary Review -
A vivid account
Independent
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