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100 1 Cuadros, Alex.
245 10 Brazillionaires :|bwealth, power, decadence, and hope in
an American country /|cAlex Cuadros.
250 First edition.
264 1 New York :|bSpiegel & Grau,|c[2016]
264 4 |c©2016
300 xvii , 346 pages ;|c25 cm
336 text|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|2rdamedia
338 volume|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-322) and
index.
505 0 Prologue: The crash -- Part one: Roots of wealth -- God is
Brazilian -- The price of progress -- Manifest destiny --
Nation building -- Prosperity gospel -- Part two: The
Brazilian dream -- Visionary -- Helping hands -- The
profit motive -- The backlash -- Too big to fail -- After
the crash.
520 When Bloomberg News invited the young American journalist
Alex Cuadros to report on Brazil's emerging class of
billionaires at the height of the historic Brazilian boom,
he was poised to cover two of the biggest business stories
of our time: how the giants of the developing world were
taking their place at the center of global capitalism, and
how wealth inequality was changing societies everywhere.
The billionaires of Brazil and their massive fortunes
resided at the very top of their country's economic
pyramid, and whether they quietly accumulated exceptional
power or extravagantly displayed their decadence, they
formed a potent microcosm of the world's richest .001
percent. They held sway over the economy, government,
media, and stewardship of the environment; they determined
the spiritual fates and populated the imaginations of
their countrymen. In 2012, Eike Batista ranked as the
eighth-richest person in the world, was famous for his
marriage to a beauty queen, and was a fixture in the
Brazilian press. But by 2015, Batista was bankrupt, his
son Thor had been indicted for manslaughter, and Brazil--
its president facing impeachment, its provinces combating
an epidemic, and its business and political class torn
apart by scandal--had become a cautionary tale of a
country run aground by its elites. Over four years,
Cuadros reported on media moguls and televangelists,
energy barons and shadowy figures from the years of
military dictatorship, soy barons who lived on the
outskirts of the Amazon, and new-economy billionaires
spinning money from speculation. His zealous reporting
takes us from penthouses to courtrooms, from favelas to
art fairs, from scenes of unimaginable wealth to desperate,
massive street protests. Within a business narrative that
deftly dramatizes the volatility of the global economy,
Cuadros offers us literary journalism with a grand sweep.-
-Adapted from dust jacket.
648 7 2000-2099|2fast
650 0 Billionaires|zBrazil.
650 0 Wealth|zBrazil|xHistory|y21st century.
650 0 Finance|zBrazil|xHistory|y21st century.
650 0 Economic development|zBrazil|xHistory|y21st century.
650 7 Billionaires.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00831810
650 7 Economic development.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00901785
650 7 Economic history.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00901974
650 7 Finance.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00924349
650 7 Wealth.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01172973
651 0 Brazil|xEconomic conditions|y21st century.
651 7 Brazil.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01206830
655 7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628
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