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Author:

Stewart, Matthew, 1963- author.

Title:

The 9.9 percent : the new aristocracy that is entrenching inequality and warping our culture / Matthew Stewart.

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

vii, 341 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Upper class--United States.
Rich people--United States.
Wealth--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Social stratification--United States.
Equality--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Who We Are -- Why We Have Such Amazing Children -- Why We Get Along So Well with the Other Sexes -- Why We Are So Highly Educated -- Why Our Neighborhoods Are the Best -- Why We Believe in Merit -- Why We Make So Much Money -- Why We Are So Fit -- Why Other People Are So Racist -- Why Everyone Is So Unreasonable -- How We Might Get a Clue.

Summary:

"A trenchant analysis of how the wealthiest 9.9 percent of Americans -- those just below the tip of the wealth pyramid -- have exacerbated the growing inequality in our country and distorted our social values"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1982114193
9781982114190
1982114185
9781982114183

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1236259217

LCCN:

2021002076

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)