{"product_id":"wealth-secrets-of-the-1-9781473604872","title":"Wealth Secrets of the 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e''\u003cb\u003eInfuriating\u003c\/b\u003e... Wilkin''s main claim is that the super-rich have discovered ''secret'' ways of both making and preserving their fortunes... like [\u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e author Thomas] Piketty, Wilkin has a love-hate relationship with capitalism. He takes the view that most billionaires are rich because, one way or another, they have found ways to rig the market.'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat does it take to make a fortune?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Hard work? Great ideas? Intelligence? Business acumen? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Or something else entirely?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Spanning centuries and continents, from the Ancient World to the 21st century, \u003ci\u003eWealth Secrets of the 1%\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the economic principles that enable a fortunate few to get really rich. \u003cb\u003eWitty, provocative and immaculately researched, it is essential and revelatory reading at a time when 1% of the world''s population owns half of its wealth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Clever [and] entertaining, with a distinctly satirical edge'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Illuminating [and] eye-opening... sure to make libertarian heads explode'' \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''What makes this book different is that Sam Wilkin is an inside man'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''No one gets really rich reading how-to-get-rich handbooks...Wilkin offers up the real scoop in \u003ci\u003eWealth Secrets of the One Percent\u003c\/i\u003e, a delicious - and insight-packed - send-up of the genre.'' Toomuch.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eamazing \u003c\/b\u003eread. It\u003cb\u003e turns out you don't need to be a genius to get fabulously wealthy\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eYou only need to make one of these basic wealth secrets work for you. Wilkin's deep research studying Indian billionaires, American magnates, Russian oligarchs, Mexican tycoons, Roman generals and assorted others of the mega-rich lead Wilkin to identify their wealth secrets. Get on to one of those and you too can light your cigars with $100 bills . . . * Marvin Zonis, Professor Emeritus, Booth School of Business, the University of Chicago *\u003cbr\u003eThis\u003cb\u003e clever, entertaining\u003c\/b\u003e piece of work is a self-help book with \u003cb\u003ea distinctly satirical edge\u003c\/b\u003e. Rich and poor will enjoy it equally, and if you have a modest entourage, I would consider getting copies for them too. * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eWhat makes this book different is that \u003cb\u003eSam Wilkin is an inside man \u003c\/b\u003e... Pay attention, for t\u003cb\u003ehis could be your chance\u003c\/b\u003e to follow in the immaculate Italian leather shod footsteps of the world's one per cent. * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you want to become ultra-rich, this book is for you\u003c\/b\u003e. Sam Wilkin combs history for a provocative and well-written account of the secrets of wealth formation. \u003cb\u003eJust reading this book will make you richer.\u003c\/b\u003e * Darrell M. West, Vice President of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and author of \u003ci\u003eBillionaires: Reflections on the Upper Crust\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eIlluminating [and] eye-opening... \u003cb\u003esure to make libertarian heads explode'\u003c\/b\u003e * Kirkus reviews *","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739501834583,"sku":"9781473604872","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473604872.jpg?v=1720052417","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/wealth-secrets-of-the-1-9781473604872","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}