| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxii, 473 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-455) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The great waves of American wealth -- 1. The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries : from privateersmen to robber barons -- 2. Serious money : the three twentieth-century wealth explosions -- 3. Millennial plutographics : American fortunes and misfortunes at the turn of the century -- pt. 2. The origins, evolutions, and engines of wealth : government, global leadership, and technology -- 4. The world is our oyster : the transformation of leading world economic powers -- 5. Friends in high places : government, political influence, and wealth -- 6. Technology and the uncertain foundations of Anglo-American wealth -- pt. 3. Wealth and democracy : the rhythm of politics and confrontation -- 7. Wealth and politics in the United States -- 8. Wealth, money-culture ethics, and corruption -- 9. The cup always runneth over : greed, speculative bubbles, and reform -- 10. Great economic power decline and the politics of resentment -- pt. 4. Thinking ahead -- Afterword : wealth and democracy : the United States and the new century. |
| Subject |
Wealth -- United States.
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Political corruption -- United States.
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Representative government and representation -- United States.
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United States -- Politics and government.
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| ISBN |
0767905334 |
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