Richistan
A Journey Through the 21st Century Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich
$38.16
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2008
Summary
In this riveting book, Wall Street Journal reporter Robert Frank explores the lives and lifestyles of a new breed of millionaires and billionaires - many of them self-made and from blue-collar backgrounds - and how this new gilded age is affecting wider society.
Profiles of ‘instapreneurs’, dot-com billionaires, and eccentrics from the lower and upper reaches of Richistan take us into the rarified world of people like Ed Bazinet, who became a multi-millionaire by selling miniature cer…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780749928650 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0749928654 |
| Author: | Robert Frank |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Piatkus Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2008 |
| Weight: | 198g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 162mm x 20mm |
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A fascinating excursion through the lives of the rich. The rise and rise of rich people is the most important and least noticed economic trend of our time. Richistan is a lively glimpse of the future. - Richard Koch
Jaw dropping - OBSERVERI couldn’t put it down. Frank’s field guide to the new rich is as funny as it is fascinating. - Chris Anderson, author of The Long TAILA superb travelogue of a land with its own education, healthcare and transprot systems, holiday destinations and social norms, which is anthropological in scope and not judgmental - EVENING STANDARDAbout The Author
Robert Frank
Robert Frank is a senior special writer for the Wall Street Journal. In 2003 he launched a new area for the paper, focusing on wealth and the lives of the new rich.
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