Download or read book Dark Money written by Jane Mayer and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Who are the immensely wealthy right-wing ideologues shaping the fate of America today? From the bestselling author of The Dark Side, an electrifying work of investigative journalism that uncovers the agenda of this powerful group. In her new preface, Jane Mayer discusses the results of the most recent election and Donald Trump's victory, and how, despite much discussion to the contrary, this was a huge victory for the billionaires who have been pouring money in the American political system. Why is America living in an age of profound and widening economic inequality? Why have even modest attempts to address climate change been defeated again and again? Why do hedge-fund billionaires pay a far lower tax rate than middle-class workers? In a riveting and indelible feat of reporting, Jane Mayer illuminates the history of an elite cadre of plutocrats—headed by the Kochs, the Scaifes, the Olins, and the Bradleys—who have bankrolled a systematic plan to fundamentally alter the American political system. Mayer traces a byzantine trail of billions of dollars spent by the network, revealing a staggering conglomeration of think tanks, academic institutions, media groups, courthouses, and government allies that have fallen under their sphere of influence. Drawing from hundreds of exclusive interviews, as well as extensive scrutiny of public records, private papers, and court proceedings, Mayer provides vivid portraits of the secretive figures behind the new American oligarchy and a searing look at the carefully concealed agendas steering the nation. Dark Money is an essential book for anyone who cares about the future of American democracy. National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist LA Times Book Prize Finalist PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Finalist Shortlisted for the Lukas Prize

Download or read book Nazi Billionaires written by David de Jong and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Meticulously researched …compels us to confront the current-day legacy of these Nazi ties.” —Wall Street Journal A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors of the Third Reich and World War II—and how America allowed them to get away with it. In 1946, Günther Quandt—patriarch of Germany’s most iconic industrial empire, a dynasty that today controls BMW—was arrested for suspected Nazi collaboration. Quandt claimed that he had been forced to join the party by his archrival, propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, and the courts acquitted him. But Quandt lied. And his heirs, and those of other Nazi billionaires, have only grown wealthier in the generations since, while their reckoning with this dark past remains incomplete at best. Many of them continue to control swaths of the world economy, owning iconic brands whose products blanket the globe. The brutal legacy of the dynasties that dominated Daimler-Benz, cofounded Allianz, and still control Porsche, Volkswagen, and BMW has remained hidden in plain sight—until now. In this landmark work of investigative journalism, David de Jong reveals the true story of how Germany’s wealthiest business dynasties amassed untold money and power by abetting the atrocities of the Third Reich. Using a wealth of previously untapped sources, de Jong shows how these tycoons seized Jewish businesses, procured slave laborers, and ramped up weapons production to equip Hitler’s army as Europe burned around them. Most shocking of all, de Jong exposes how America’s political expediency enabled these billionaires to get away with their crimes, covering up a bloodstain that defiles the German and global economy to this day.

Download or read book The Missing Billionaires written by Victor Haghani and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-08-28 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Economist Best Book of the Year "Making Money and Keeping It" – The Wall Street Journal Over the past century, if the wealthiest families had spent a reasonable fraction of their wealth, paid taxes, invested in the stock market, and passed their wealth down to the next generation, there would be tens of thousands of billionaire heirs to generations-old fortunes today. The puzzle of The Missing Billionaires is why you cannot find one such billionaire on any current rich list. There are a number of explanations, but this book is focused on one mistake which is of profound importance to all investors: poor risk decisions, both in investing and spending. Many of these families didn’t choose bad investments– they sized them incorrectly– and allowed their spending decisions to amplify this mistake. The Missing Billionaires book offers a simple yet powerful framework for making important lifetime financial decisions in a systematic and rational way. It's for readers with a baseline level of financial literacy, but doesn’t require a PhD. It fills the gap between personal finance books and the academic literature, bringing the valuable insights of academic finance to non-specialists. Part One builds the theory of optimal investment sizing from first principles, starting with betting on biased coins. Part Two covers lifetime financial decision-making, with emphasis on the integration of investment, saving and spending decisions. Part Three covers practical implementation details, including how to calibrate your personal level of risk-aversion, and how to estimate the expected return and risk on a broad spectrum of investments. The book is packed with case studies and anecdotes, including one about Victor’s investment with LTCM as a partner, and a bonus chapter on Liar’s Poker. The authors draw extensively on their own experiences as principals of Elm Wealth, a multi-billion-dollar wealth management practice, and prior to that on their years as arbitrage traders– Victor at Salomon Brothers and LTCM, and James at Nationsbank/CRT and Citadel. Whether you are young and building wealth, an entrepreneur invested heavily in your own business, or at a stage where your primary focus is investing and spending, The Missing Billionaires: A Guide to Better Financial Decisions is your must-have resource for thoughtful financial decision-making.

Download or read book The Billionaire Raj written by James Crabtree and published by Crown. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A colorful and revealing portrait of the rise of India’s new billionaire class in a radically unequal society India is the world’s largest democracy, with more than one billion people and an economy expanding faster than China’s. But the rewards of this growth have been far from evenly shared, and the country’s top 1% now own nearly 60% of its wealth. In megacities like Mumbai, where half the population live in slums, the extraordinary riches of India’s new dynasties echo the Vanderbilts and Rockefellers of America's Gilded Age, funneling profits from huge conglomerates into lifestyles of conspicuous consumption. James Crabtree’s The Billionaire Raj takes readers on a personal journey to meet these reclusive billionaires, fugitive tycoons, and shadowy political power brokers. From the sky terrace of the world’s most expensive home to impoverished villages and mass political rallies, Crabtree dramatizes the battle between crony capitalists and economic reformers, revealing a tense struggle between equality and privilege playing out against a combustible backdrop of aspiration, class, and caste. The Billionaire Raj is a vivid account of a divided society on the cusp of transformation—and a struggle that will shape not just India’s future, but the world’s.

Download or read book I m On Fire written by Misha Carver and published by Misha Carver. This book was released on 2017-03-04 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I’m falling in love with him. It’s way too soon. I can’t let that happen, at least not yet. Alexandria That man is going to drive me crazy. Sometimes I feel like everything I do is wrong. I know I’m unconventional in a lot of ways, but I can’t help how I feel. Now I have an even bigger problem… the truth. If he ever finds out my secret, the one I’ve only shared with my best friend Allison, I’ll lose him forever. Chance That girl is going to drive me crazy. I’ve done everything a guy can do, but sometimes it feels like my best isn’t good enough. The guys at the station keep prying to find out who my mystery girl is. For now, it’s my secret. They can all find out at the Firemen’s Ball… if we’re still together by then. Sparks ignite, tension soars, and passion erupts. Can they both keep their cool long enough to win their heart’s desire? Or is the fire between them too hot to keep them holding on? I’m falling in love with him. It’s way too soon. I can’t let that happen, at least not yet. Alexandria That man is going to drive me crazy. Sometimes I feel like everything I do is wrong. I know I’m unconventional in a lot of ways, but I can’t help how I feel. Now I have an even bigger problem… the truth. If he ever finds out my secret, the one I’ve only shared with my best friend Allison, I’ll lose him forever. Chance That girl is going to drive me crazy. I’ve done everything a guy can do, but sometimes it feels like my best isn’t good enough. The guys at the station keep prying to find out who my mystery girl is. For now, it’s my secret. They can all find out at the Firemen’s Ball… if we’re still together by then. Sparks ignite, tension soars, and passion erupts. Can they both keep their cool long enough to win their heart’s desire? Or is the fire between them too hot to keep them holding on? More from Misha: BILLIONAIRE SEEKS AN HEIR Unplanned Fairy Tale Unraveled Lives Unforgettable Melody BIG CITY HEAT: Light My Fire I'm On Fire Ring of Fire PURRFECT MATES: Purrfect Chaos Purrfect Storm Purrfect Harmony About the Author: Misha Carver loves writing sensual paranormal/shifter and new adult/contemporary romance stories for people who want to escape into another world. Whether you're looking for shifter tales or hot alpha males, Misha's your girl. Why not put her on your eReader today?

Download or read book Damn Right written by Janet Lowe and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2000-10-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Das einzige Buch, das einen der geheimnisvollsten Anleger im Investmentgeschaft portratiert: Charlie Munger - der Kopf, der hinter Investmentguru Warren Buffett stand. Geschrieben von Janet Lowe, beruhmte Autorin der WILEY Speaks-Bestsellerreihe. Sie hat hier eine faszinierende Verbindung von Geschaftsphilosophie, und Biographie geschaffen, eine einzigartige Kombination aus Mungers Witz, Humor, Know-How und Erfolg. Offenbart werden auch die Taktiken und Techniken dieses wenig bekannten, aber au?erst einflu?reichen Finanzgenies und Lehrmeisters von Warren Buffett. Ein Buch zum Verschenken schon!

Download or read book Quit Like a Millionaire written by Kristy Shen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From two leaders of the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement, a bold, contrarian guide to retiring at any age, with a reproducible formula to financial independence A bull***t-free guide to growing your wealth, retiring early, and living life on your own terms Kristy Shen retired with a million dollars at the age of thirty-one, and she did it without hitting a home run on the stock market, starting the next Snapchat in her garage, or investing in hot real estate. Learn how to cut down on spending without decreasing your quality of life, build a million-dollar portfolio, fortify your investments to survive bear markets and black-swan events, and use the 4 percent rule and the Yield Shield--so you can quit the rat race forever. Not everyone can become an entrepreneur or a real estate baron; the rest of us need Shen's mathematically proven approach to retire decades before sixty-five.

Download or read book The Billionaire s Mistake written by Elizabeth Lennox and published by Elizabeth Lennox. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Spanish Billionaire s Mistress written by Susan Stephens and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zoë Chapman can't stand arrogant men! She and Rico Cortes are destined to clash — though she can't deny that he's the ultimate Latin lover. But Rico thinks Zoë's only being nice to gain access to his ancestral castle for her film about flamenco dancing. And yet each time she pushes him away, their mutual attraction just keeps dragging them back together. Could Rico be the man Zoë's been waiting for...the man who'll understand her secret needs and awaken her...?

Download or read book Billionaire s Sweet Love written by Qian ShuiDeXiaoYao and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-05-17 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living a new life again, Xia Chuyi continued, "Take mine and return it back to me. Eat mine and give it back to me and spit it out twice!" She had acknowledged a master teacher, opened a resort, and made herself a rich man. All her life, she had led a carefree life, and even she had sought for debts. Yet, she had unknowingly provoked a big tail wolf...

Download or read book Billionaires Row written by Katherine Clarke and published by Random House. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “thrilling” (Financial Times) fly-on-the-wall account of the ferocious ambition, greed, and one-upmanship behind the most expensive real estate in the world: the new Manhattan megatowers known as Billionaires’ Row—from a staff reporter at The Wall Street Journal “Deeply informative, delightfully entertaining, and addictively readable.”—Diana B. Henriques, bestselling author of The Wizard of Lies A CEO Magazine Best Book of the Year • Longlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award To look south and skyward from Central Park these days is to gaze upon a physical manifestation of tens of billions of dollars in global wealth: a series of soaring spires stretching from Park Avenue to Broadway. Known as Billionaires’ Row, this set of slender high-rise residences has transformed the skyline of New York City, thanks to developer-friendly policies and a seemingly endless gush of cash from tech, finance, and foreign oligarchs. And chances are most of us will never be invited to step inside. In Billionaires’ Row, Katherine Clarke reveals the captivating story of how, in just a few years, the ruthless real-estate impresarios behind these “supertalls” lining 57th Street turned what was once a run-down strip of Midtown into the most exclusive street on Earth, as legendary Trump-era veterans went toe-to-toe with hungry upstart developers in an ego-fueled “race to the sky.” Based on far-reaching access to real estate’s power players, Clarke’s account brings readers inside one of the world’s most cutthroat industries, showing how a combination of ferocious ambition and relentless salesmanship has created a new market of $100 million apartments for the world’s one-percenters—units to live in or, sometimes, just places to stash their cash. Filled with eye-popping stories that bring the new era of extreme wealth inequality into vivid relief, Billionaires’ Row is a juicy, gimlet-eyed account of the genius, greed, and financial one-upmanship behind the most expensive real estate in the world—a stranger-than-fiction saga of broken partnerships, broken marriages, lawsuits, and, for a few, fleeting triumph.

Download or read book The Billionaire s Desire 9 Zane and Abby written by Ashley Blake and published by Naperstream, LLC. This book was released on 2014-07-19 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Unleash The Billionaire Within written by Esmonde Holowaty and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that I present to you "Unleash The Billionaire Within". UTBW is the nuclear modern day "Think and Grow Rich" for our times and times to come. UTBW was created by modeling the results of studying men and women who have studied the wealthiest and most successful people in the world, people such as Napolean Hill, Andrew Carnegie, Anthony Robbins, Warren Buffet, and Bill Gates to mention a few. UTBW teaches it's reader to think into the unimaginable and to realize that they already possess the power within themselves to turn this knowledge into abundant power for acquiring anything they so desire. Each and every one of us is standing right over our own abundant avalanche of successes ready to be reaped. We all have dreams, desires, and passions that need not go unfullfilled in our lifetime. The book also helps the reader to see how he or she may obtain success without violating the rights of god or other people by aligning his or her values and beleifs intelligently. UTBW also teaches how adversities may be overcome in the pursuit of any goal. An Napolean Hill said, "Don't be afraid of a little opposition, Remember that the "kite" of success generally rises against the wind of adversity - not with it". Like a martial arts expert if one masters the skill of repetition of a successful skill he or she will reach their sought after treasure no matter how large or small. The book also helps the reader to answer questions such as, If I daily have a billion dollar vision as a definite goal and take massive action towards obtaining my billion dollar vision will I become a billionaire ? Enjoy the adventerous read of your life as you discover it's not just how having a billion dollar vision, it's who you become in the process of that billion dollar vision that creates true fullfillment and happiness in life. So please give yourself permission to start your journey into the future of tommorrow now, by purchasing your copy of "Unleash The Billionaire Within" now. God Bless

Download or read book A Billionaire s Charms The Complete Series written by Lisa Swann and published by Addictive Publishing. This book was released on with total page 997 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caution: new, 100% addictive series! *** "No one is going to bother us. Just the two of us. You don’t know anything about me, Anna, but I realized I had to tell you who I am and what life I lead, if I ever wanted a chance of being part of yours." *** Just before leaving France to start a new life in New York, twenty-five-year-old Anna Claudel meets Dayton Reeves, a guitarist in a rock band. The attraction is primal, animal-like and magnetic… the two soon find themselves dragged into a spiral of intense feelings and emotions. When Anna realizes that she doesn't actually know much about Dayton, intrigued by his luxurious lifestyle, mysterious absences and unexplained silences, it's already too late… And what if Dayton isn't who he claims to be? Lose yourself in the new series by Lisa Swann, author of Rocked by a Billionaire, which has already captivated thousands of readers! This is a complete, uncensored version: no scenes have been cut. The complete series in a 12-episode pack now available (more than 750 pages of romance).

Download or read book Wi written by Bill Reed and published by Reed Independent. This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 879 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surely you remember Wi, a name especially chosen to fit our attention spans? The world-record kidnappee, nabbee, swipee, snatchee, hoisted so many times even he’s lost count? (How about those three times in five minutes effort? That takes rare raw talent, that does.) I mean, if it wasn’t for our Wi how many of these yabbers, yarns, shaggy dogs and yank-your-chain whoppers could I trot out for you? Even getting across one’s not easy when it’s always against the wind from people laughing in your face. No, really, without our Wi, where would all the odd-balls be, drowning their sorrows by ingesting the food in Dominic’s Eatery, swallowing whole mouthfuls without a thought for their own safety? Would any plate get the Wi wipe and come out miraculously unscathed from what had been just laid upon it? Without Wi, how many screwballs could have hired him to do all they’ve always wanted to do? God knows, and the Talls say ‘God knows’ because, if you take it that God made him in His own image, then maybe you’ve stumbled across the one time God spoke too soon. Okay, setting that aside, coming to you is a cast of Lankan characters – and you’d cast too -- and barf, and burp – if you had some of Dominic’s food inside you, let’s not kid ourselves. Not all of us have cast-iron guts and can absorb what could canonize you if you kept it down. And our Wi can’t help being White, either. Did he ever ask for the hoists he’s had to suffer, or complained about the lack of duty-of-care his kidnappers have shown him -- their kidnappee, after all? No. All he asked was a hideaway high above the stars so bright. At least he got that. And, though having to watchfully wait, at least he received the epiphs, too. With the epiphs, he could epiphicatedly dream, so I guess he had something going for him. And let’s not forget he’s Talls recorded as having said, ‘Just let me know if I’m breathing too much and I’ll stop’. Hey, what kidnappee or country like Australia gets a kidnappee so considerate? Is he a peach of a pooch, or what? ---------------------- Bill Reed is an Australian novelist, playwright and short-story writer with national awards for all three. He now lives in both Australia and Sri Lanka.

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