Title Billionaires' ball : gluttony and hubris in an age of epic inequality / Linda McQuaig, Neil Brooks.

Publication Info.	Boston : Beacon Press, [2012]
	©2012

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	339.22 M173B	Check Shelf

Description	268 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-257) and index.
Contents	Return of the plutocrats -- Why pornography is the only true free market -- Millionaires and the crash of 1929 -- Billionaires and the crash of 2009 -- Why Bill Gates doesn't deserve his fortune -- Why other billionaires are even less deserving -- Hank Aaron and the myths about motivation -- Taking the fun out of tax haves -- Why billionaires are bad for your health -- Why billionaires are bad for democracy -- The true badge of citizenship -- Revamping the ovarian lottery.
Summary	Looks at the dangers of unbalanced income distribution, and shows how United States claims the most billionaires but suffers from high rates of infant mortality and crime, short life expectancy, and low rates of social mobility.
Subject	Wealth -- United States.
	Income distribution -- United States.
	Rich people -- Taxation -- United States.
	Equality -- United States.
	Democracy -- United States.
	Democracy. (OCoLC)fst00890077
	Equality. (OCoLC)fst00914456
	Income distribution. (OCoLC)fst00968670
	Rich people -- Taxation. (OCoLC)fst01097543
	Wealth. (OCoLC)fst01172973
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author	Brooks, Neil, author.
ISBN	9780807003398 (alk. paper)
	0807003395 (alk. paper)
	9780807003435 (pbk.)
	0807003433 (pbk.)

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