303 records matched your query       

Author:

Mechanic, Michael, author.

Title:

Jackpot : how the super-rich really live -- and how their wealth harms us all / by Michael Mechanic.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

viii, 404 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

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

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Perfect Storm. Retail Therapy -- The One -- From the Elite to the Impossible -- Entourage -- The Psychology of Consumption -- Losing Trust -- The Marriage Premium -- My Bodyguard -- The Offspring -- Getting In -- Losing Touch -- Capital Hill -- The Snow Ball Grows -- Dynasty -- Who Wants to Have it All? -- Thriving While Black -- Women on Top -- Giving It Away -- Perfect Storm.

Summary:

Have you ever fantasized about being ridiculously wealthy? Probably. Striking it rich is among the most resilient of American fantasies, surviving war and peace, expansions and recessions, economic meltdowns and global pandemics. We dream of the jackpot, the big exit, the life-altering payday, in whatever form that takes. (Americans spent $81 billion on lottery tickets in 2019, more than the GDPs of most nations.) We would escape essential

ISBN:

1982127228
9781982127220
198212721X
9781982127213

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1204265268

LCCN:

2020046505

Locations:

BRPD251 -- Adel Public Library (Adel)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

CYPF706 -- Musser Public Library (Muscatine)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)