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Plutocrats

the Rise of the New Global Super-rich and the Fall of Everyone Else
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Feb 24, 2023sand_anne rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I fought through half of it before I gave up. It reads like a textbook and is full of quotes and thoughts of other authors. I had high expectations and am thoroughly disappointed.
Apr 26, 2022baldand rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Freeland’s book provides almost no independent value-added as a discussion of global inequality. She’s a Slavic Studies expert who worked as a journo, not an economist. She does provide summaries of the work of distinguished economists…
Jan 15, 2022Adventuresofafrenchreader rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
It took me a while to read this one... It was hard for me to dive into this book. The subject matter is very interesting, but unfortunately not the delivery... Chrystia Freeland throws a lot of names, a lot of anecdotes, covers a wide…
Feb 06, 2021
In today's National Post there is a column written by Rupa Subramanya, about the World Economic Forum. The column states that Freeland has been serving on the board of trustees of the WEF since 2019 - quite a conflict of interest for…
Oct 12, 2020gloryb rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Freeland informs her readers about the attitudes and wealth of the concentrated superelites within American financial and banking institutions, or the technological industries, and how they use their common educational, corporation, and…
Aug 23, 2020
To get a sense of where our new Finance Minister is coming from. Awaiting a massive exodus of capital! Because one yacht is obviously not enough.
Aug 07, 2018SCL_AdultSummerGame rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Chrystia Freeland was born and raised in Peace River, Alberta. After finishing her education she became a minister in the present day Justin Trudeau cabinet. She has spent many hours dealing with the U.S.A. over free trade and NAFTA. Her…
Jun 11, 2018
Ms. Freeland confirms what we the 99% suspect. Interesting insider scoop from a journalist who knows how and where to dig for dirt. Some readers are left wondering why the author has no suggestions on " What should we do"? I don't believe…
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Apr 26, 2017coroboreefarm rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Before entering politics and becoming Minister of Foreign Affairs in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet, Chrystia Freeland was most known as a respected journalist, writer and editor. In 2012 her book “Plutocrats: The Rise of the…
Oct 22, 2016dirtbag1 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
The system is rigged. 1% 'ers. Greed. Poorly educated 99% 'ers. This book exposes a system in epic failure. A system that is a great paint job over a rotten structure. It speaks volumes about the future. Little upside and a downside that…
Dec 12, 2015winterwarrior99 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is an excellent book about the new global super rich, the elite of the elite, how they got there and their methods to stay there. Lots of interesting anecdotes and stories. While some readers may find the level of detail…
Mar 09, 2014
I found this book an easy, and absorbing read. For me it was a real eyeopener into the lives, and salaries of the really affluent.
Oct 31, 2013
The first 2/3 of this book all the Author does is talk about really rich people and how they got rich. I agree with rv_bolo, all the Author does is name drop after name drop filling the pages with useless information that adds nothing top…
Aug 23, 2013rvbolo rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
The author is too in love with her own writing and repeats herself throughout the book, driving her point to death. Reference reference other references and intellectual aimed words used where simple English would make the point clear. …
Aug 18, 201322950006432421 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent book!
Jul 28, 2013
Sadly, even the Plutocrats can't avoid the three Ds: disease, debility and death :(
Jul 26, 2013
July 26, 2013, well after reading a few novels, it's time to do a little learning again, will take a stab at this one! (Got to admit, have a couple of audio books (Pat Conroy) and a Pierre Burton (Prisoners of the North) to resort to if…
Jul 01, 2013ghreads rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This book provides interesting and depressing insight into how the economic elite of our society – the Plutocrats – work, live and think and how they view the rest of us. It describes the causes of the growing gap between the top 1% and…
Jan 27, 2013
Good read. 9/10. The book reminds us that we are not a classless society.
Dec 01, 2012
The premise of this book, as some others over the past several decades, is that the old super-rich faded away, and there's an entirely new gang, conveniently ignoring the massive establishment and utilization of foundations, trusts, and…
Nov 21, 2012richibi rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Ms Freeland is fully and convincingly in charge of her facts, though too numerous examples here and there of her thesis become redundant, even enervating after a while, describing however, authoritatively ultimately, a new and disquieting…
Nov 04, 2012
The author, a former business journalist and current deputy prime minister of Canada, has rubbed shoulders with the plutocrats and seems to have a certain admiration for their achievements. But Freeland also presents the underside of…