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001    ocn925426000 
003    OCoLC 
005    20160719214534.0 
008    151015s2016    nyu      b    001 0 eng   
010      2015037361 
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020    9780812996760|q(hardcover) 
020    0812996763|q(hardcover) 
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050 00 HC190.W4|bC83 2016 
082 00 305.5/2340981|223 
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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