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  • Democracy & Government
    Populist Plutocracy and the Future of America
    December 18, 2017
    | Nouriel Roubini
    Trump has consistently sold out the blue-collar, socially conservative whites who brought him to power, while pursuing policies to enrich his fellow plutocrats. What might he do to keep the "base" on his side?
  • Democracy & Government
    Golf: The Sport of Plutocrats
    August 4, 2017
    | Robert Lipsyte
    For Trump, golf isn’t just a sideline presidential activity, it’s central to his plutocratic vision of his presidency and of the promoting of the Trump brand.
  • Inequality
    How 90% of US Households Lost $17,000 to Plutocrats in 2016
    March 9, 2017
    | Paul Buchheit
    We have finally begun to fight back, together, as a massive force of Americans who refuse to let the theft continue.
  • Envy and Jealousy? Gag Me With a Silver Spoon
    March 24, 2014
    | Michael Winship
    Plutocrats keep comparing progressives to Nazis. What's up with that?
  • Clip: Advice to Plutocrat Perkins: Time to Shut Up!
    January 30, 2014
    | Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
    Bill Moyers, Michael Winship and TV producer David Simon share their thoughts on billionaire Tom Perkins and his $300,000 wristwatch.
  • Re-Envisioning New York's Hidden Inequality
    August 19, 2013
    | John Light
    An artist's rendering of Manhattan's skyline exposes the city's astounding wealth disparity.
  • Chrystia Freeland on the Perils of Plutocracy
    November 20, 2012
    | John Light
    In a special audio chat, journalist Chrystia Freeland talks about American plutocracy and how she deals with her wealthy critics.
  • Discussion Guide for Plutocrats
    November 12, 2012
    | Theresa Riley
    Chrystia Freeland's Plutocrats is the first book we're reading for our book club. Here are some questions to guide your own book club discussion of Freeland's book.
  • Book Club: The Culture of the New Super-Rich
    October 26, 2012
    | John Light
    What about Chrystia Freeland's Plutocrats surprises or interests you? We thought she makes an interesting distinction in Chapter Two between today's rich and those of the first Gilded Age. Join our book club discussion!
  • Comparing Gatsbys, Then & Now
    October 19, 2012
    | Theresa Riley and John Light
    See a breakdown of how the bank accounts, toys and titans of our first Gilded Age compare to this one.


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