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Book SynopsisFewer than 100 people own and control more wealth than 50 per cent of the world's population. The
Handbook on Wealth and the Super-Rich is a landmark multidisciplinary evaluation of both the lives and lifestyles of the super-rich, as well as the processes that underpin super-wealth generation and its unequal distribution.
Drawing on international case studies, leading experts from across the social sciences offer 22 accessible and coherently organized chapters, which critically analyse a range of topics including:
- the legitimacy of extreme wealth from a moral economic perspective
- biographies of illicit super-wealth
- London's housing markets
- how the very wealthy fly
- the environmental consequences of super-rich lives
- crafting immigration policies to attract the rich.
Students and scholars studying a host of topics such as development studies, economics, geography, history, political science and sociology will find this book eminently engaging. It will also be of great interest to public commentators, charitable organizations and NGOs concerned with wealth and income distributions.
Contributors: R. Atkinson, J.V. Beaverstock, L. Budd, R. Burrows, L. Crewe, A. Davison, A.D. Dixon, R. Forrest, D.R. Green, S. Hall, T. Hall, I. Hay, I. Kapoor, S.Y. Koh, G. Mangraviti, A. Martin, I.A. Osuoka, A. Owens, R. Palan, C. Paris, D. Rhodes, A. Sayer, P.G. Schervish, S. Schulz, J.R. Short, E. Spence, A. Watson, B. Wissink, M. Woods, A. Zalik
Trade Review'All you ever wanted to know about the super-rich but were too embarrassed to ask - because we are not really supposed to talk that much about money, especially not about people with huge amounts of money, people who are so very far above us. Thankfully nearly three dozen scholars have decided to break the usual taboos and reveal all about our wealthiest of fellow human beings. Just what have they done for us, how did they get so rich, what is their individual carbon footprint and so much more. The new gilded age is coming to an end. It begins to end as we study those who live in the most gilded of cages, no longer in admiration but with great inquisitiveness, and accuracy.' --Danny Dorling, University of Oxford, UK
Very highly recommended for both community and academic library reference collections, Handbook on Wealth and the Super-Rich will also prove to be of great interest to public commentators, charitable organizations, governmental policy makers, NGO activists, and the non-specialist general reader concerned with wealth and income distributions.' --The Midwest Book Review
Table of ContentsContents: 1. ‘They’ve Never Had it so Good’: The Rise and Rise of the Super-Rich and Wealth Inequality Jonathan V. Beaverstock and Iain Hay 2. Reconsidering the Super-Rich: Variations, Structural Conditions, and Urban Consequences Sin Yee Koh, Bart Wissink and Ray Forrest PART I WEALTH, SELF AND SOCIETY 3. Historical Geographies of Wealth: Opportunities, Institutions and Accumulation, C.1800–1930 Alastair Owens and David R. Green 4. On Plutonomy: Economy, Power and the Wealthy Few in the Second Gilded Age Iain Hay 5. Interrogating the Legitimacy of Extreme Wealth: A Moral Economic Perspective Andrew Sayer 6. Billionaire Philanthropy: ‘Decaf Capitalism’ Ilan Kapoor 7. Making Money and Making a Self: The Moral Career of Entrepreneurs Paul G. Schervish 8. Taking Up Caletrío’s Challenge: Silence and the Construction of Wealth Eliteness in Jamie Johnson’s Documentary Film Born Rich Sam Schulz and Iain Hay 9. “One Time I’ma Show You How To Get Rich!” Rap Music, Wealth and the Rise of the Hip-Hop Mogul Allan Watson 10. Biographies of Illicit Super-Wealth Tim Hall PART II LIVING WEALTHY 11. Capital City? London’s Housing Markets and the ‘Super-Rich’ Rowland Atkinson, Roger Burrows and David Rhodes 12. The Residential Spaces of the Super-Rich Chris Paris 13. Reconfiguring Places – Wealth and the Transformation of Rural Areas Michael Woods 14. Performing Wealth and Status: Observing Super-yachts and the Super-rich in Monaco Emma Spence 15. Flights of Indulgence (Or How the Very Wealthy Fly): The Aeromobile Patterns and Practices of the Super-Rich Lucy Budd 16. Looking at Luxury: Consuming Luxury Fashion in Global Cities Louise Crewe and Amber Martin 17. The Luxury of Nature: The Environmental Consequences of Super-Rich Lives Aidan Davison PART III WEALTH AND POWER 18. Attracting Wealth: Crafting Immigration Policy to Attract the Rich John Rennie Short 19. Sovereign Wealth and the Nation-State Adam D. Dixon 20. Super-Rich Capitalism: Managing and Preserving Private Wealth Management in the Offshore World Jonathan V. Beaverstock and Sarah Hall 21. Troubling Tax Havens: Multi-Jurisdictional Arbitrage and Corporate Tax Footprint Reduction Ronen Palan and Giovanni Mangraviti 22. No Change There! Wealth and Oil Isaac ‘Asume’ Osuoka and Anna Zalik Index
