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001 2007036569
003 DLC
005 20090829085758.0
008 070912s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780374272104 (alk. paper)
020 $a0374272107 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn166378239
035 $a(OCoLC)166378239
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050 00 $aHM1263$b.R68 2008
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100 1 $aRothkopf, David J.$q(David Jochanan),$d1955-
245 10 $aSuperclass :$bthe global power elite and the world they are making /$cDavid Rothkopf.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2008.
300 $axxii, 376 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [325]-355) and index.
520 $aThey number six thousand on a planet of six billion. They run our governments, our largest corporations, the powerhouses of international finance, the media, world religions, and, from the shadows, the world's most dangerous criminal and terrorist organizations. They are the global superclass, and they are shaping the history of our time. Today's superclass has achieved unprecedented levels of wealth and power. They have globalized more rapidly than any other group. But do they have more in common with one another than with their own countrymen, as nationalist critics have argued? Has their influence fed the growing economic and social inequity that divides the world? Who sets the rules for a group that operates beyond national laws? Drawn from exclusive interviews and extensive original reporting, this book draws back the curtain on a privileged society that most of us know little about, even though it profoundly affects our lives.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aIntroduction: The power élite on the promenade -- Each one is one in a million : meet the superclass -- Ceteris non paribus : inequality, backlash, and the New Order -- Lessons of history : the rise and fall of élites -- The multinational moment : when finance and business became the center of it all -- Globalists vs. nationalists : political fault line for a new century -- The Age of Asymmetry : decline of the titans and the rise of shadow warriors -- The information superclass : the power of ideas -- How to become a member of the superclass : myth, reality, and the psychopathology of success -- The future of the superclass--and what it may mean for the rest of us.
650 0 $aElite (Social sciences)
650 0 $aPower (Social sciences)
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0727/2007036569.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0801/2007036569-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0801/2007036569-b.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2007036569-s.html