One of the world's leading experts on global income distribution walks us through the quirks of wealth through the ages. Who is the richest person in the world, ever? Does where you were born affect how much money you'll earn over a lifetime? How would we know? Why - beyond idle curiosity - do these questions even matter? In "The Haves and the Have-Nots", Branko Milanovic, one ...(展开全部)

Who is the richest person in the world, ever? Does where you were born affect how much money you’ll earn over a lifetime? How would we know? Why—beyond the idle curiosity—do these questions even matter? In The Haves and the Have-Nots , Branko Milanovic, one of the world’s leading experts on wealth, poverty, and the gap that separates them, explains these and other mysteries of...(展开全部)

Who is the richest person in the world, ever? Does where you were born affect how much money you’ll earn over a lifetime? How would we know? Why—beyond the idle curiosity—do these questions even matter? In The Haves and the Have-Nots , Branko Milanovic, one of the world’s leading experts on wealth, poverty, and the gap that separates them, explains these and other mysteries of...(展开全部)

One of the world's leading experts on global income distribution walks us through the quirks of wealth through the ages. Who is the richest person in the world, ever? Does where you were born affect how much money you'll earn over a lifetime? How would we know? Why - beyond idle curiosity - do these questions even matter? In "The Haves and the Have-Nots", Branko Milanovic, one ...(展开全部)

布兰科·米兰诺维奇(Branko Milanovic)，卢森堡收入研究中心资深研究员，纽约城市大学研究生院首席客座教授。曾任世界银行研究部首席经济学家，并建立世界银行“All the Ginis”数据库。

布兰科·米兰诺维奇(Branko Milanovic)，卢森堡收入研究中心资深研究员，纽约城市大学研究生院首席客座教授。曾任世界银行研究部首席经济学家，并建立世界银行“All the Ginis”数据库。

‘An eye-opening account of superyachts, the billionaires who buy them, and what it all means for the rest of us … [a] droll and timely analysis of extreme wealth’ – Guardian Who are America's oligarchs? What do they want? How do they operate? Is there anything that can be done to contain their power? The ultrarich hold more of America’s wealth than they did in the heyday of the...(展开全部)

‘An eye-opening account of superyachts, the billionaires who buy them, and what it all means for the rest of us … [a] droll and timely analysis of extreme wealth’ – Guardian Who are America's oligarchs? What do they want? How do they operate? Is there anything that can be done to contain their power? The ultrarich hold more of America’s wealth than they did in the heyday of the...(展开全部)

美国国家图书奖获奖作家欧逸文带来了一部适时而发人深省的散文集，探讨了美国寡头政治和挥霍无度的文化，以讽刺而直白的视角，展现了超级富豪如何塑造甚至有时颠覆社会和政治格局。 如今，超级富豪掌握的美国财富比卡内基和洛克菲勒家族的鼎盛时期还要多。欧逸文以其敏锐的报道，为这个新镀金时代描绘了一幅令人难忘的图景：驱动这个新镀金时代的策略和执念。在这个时代，超级游艇、豪华地堡、精英避税手段以及源源不断的政治捐款，都昭示着巨大的贫富差距。 本书以娴熟的叙事和细致的报道，揭示了定义我们这个经济时代的种种放纵、激励和心理扭曲。在每篇文章中，欧逸文深入探讨了一个鲜为人知的世界，从离谱到精彩，再到荒诞：一位与美国王朝成员决裂并泄露秘密的私人财富经理；在为十三岁少年举办的奢华派对上表演的流行歌星；摩纳哥和棕榈滩游艇码头上蔓延开来的地位焦虑，如同现实版的《继承之战》和《白莲花》...(展开全部)