Chris Lehmann

Rich People Things

Real Life Secrets of the Predator Class

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Keeping up with the American elite can be tiring. This is the layman's guide to how the wealthy maintain control.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Haymarket Books
• Updated edition
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 139mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 323g
• ISBN-13: 9781608461523
• ISBN-10: 1608461521
• Artikelnr.: 33319571

Autorenporträt

Chris Lehmann is employed, ever precariously, as an editor for Yahoo! News, Bookforum, and The Baffler. He lives in Washington, DC, with his wife, Ana Marie Cox, and a quartet of excellent pets.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
Introduction 1
1: The US Constitution 11
2: The New York Times 19
3: Meritocracy 27
4: Populism 33
5: David Brooks 39
6: The Free Market 47
7: The Stock Market 53
8: "Class Warfare" 61
9: The Democratic Party 67
10: The Prosperity Gospel 75
11: Wired Magazine 81
12: The Creative Class 87
13: Malcolm Gladwell 97
14: Reality Television 105
15: Damien Hirst 113
16: Ayn Rand 119
17: The Memoir 127
18: The Supreme Court 135
19: Higher Learning 143
20: The Troubled Asset Relief Program 153
21: The Lobbying World 161
22. Libertarianism 169
23: The iPad 181
24. Steve Forbes 187
25: Alan Greenspan 197
26: The Sporting Life 205
Conclusion: The Language Problem 213
Notes 229