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Book Stealth Millionaire

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sarah Choy
  • Publisher : Independently Published
  • Release : 2020-05-12
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 164 pages

Download or read book Stealth Millionaire written by Sarah Choy and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget the idea that most millionaires inherited their wealth -- the majority are self-made, had poor childhoods, and started with no money. They are the millionaires next door. Whether you're in debt, a shopaholic, can't save money, or have nothing left at the end of the month, Stealth Millionaire will teach you the habits to become rich. This step-by-step guide to wealth shows you how: George and Sarah became millionaires and financially free by the time Sarah was 39 years old How other millionaires achieved their great wealth How to manage your money better, so you can save and invest every month How to change your negative thoughts and beliefs from a poor mindset into a millionaire mindset How to invest your money and the mistakes to avoid How to become tax efficient, so you can squeeze more out of the same money each month How to avoid demotivating your children once you've become a millionaire Millionaires have different habits to everyone else when it comes to saving and investing -- the great thing is, these are easy to learn...

Book Billionaires and Stealth Politics

Download or read book Billionaires and Stealth Politics written by Benjamin I. Page and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look into the covert influence billionaires wield in American politics and the actions citizens can take to hold them more accountable. In 2016, when millions of Americans voted for Donald Trump, many believed his claims that personal wealth would free him from wealthy donors and allow him to “drain the swamp.” But then Trump appointed several billionaires and multimillionaires to high-level positions and pursued billionaire-friendly policies, such as cutting corporate income taxes. Why the change from his fiery campaign rhetoric and promises to the working class? This should not be surprising, argue Benjamin I. Page, Jason Seawright, and Matthew J. Lacombe: As the gap between the wealthiest and the rest of us has widened, the few who hold one billion dollars or more in net worth have begun to play a more and more active part in politics—with serious consequences for democracy in the United States. Page, Seawright, and Lacombe argue that while political contributions offer a window onto billionaires’ influence, especially on economic policy, they do not present a full picture of policy preferences and political actions. That is because on some of the most important issues, including taxation, immigration, and Social Security, billionaires have chosen to engage in “stealth politics.” They try hard to influence public policy, making large contributions to political parties and policy-focused causes, leading policy-advocacy organizations, holding political fundraisers, and bundling others’ contributions—all while rarely talking about public policy to the media. This means that their influence is not only unequal but also largely unaccountable to and unchallengeable by the American people. Stealth politics makes it difficult for ordinary citizens to know what billionaires are doing or mobilize against it. The book closes with remedies citizens can pursue if they wish to make wealthy Americans more politically accountable, such as public financing of political campaigns and easier voting procedures, and notes the broader types of reforms, such as a more progressive income tax system, that would be needed to increase political equality and reinvigorate majoritarian democracy in the United States. Praise for Billionaires and Stealth Politics “Incredibly important. The authors provide—for the first time—a clear sense of the politics and political activity of the top one hundred billionaires in America, matching what billionaires have said with what they’ve done and showing the troubling transparency gap that is critical to the evolution of policy. Billionaires and Stealth Politics is a key addition to understanding our current political reality, focused on it most significant lever.” —Lawrence Lessig, author of America, Compromised “The wealth held by American billionaires exceeds the Gross Domestic Product of dozens of countries. They exercise tremendous influence over society, the economy, and politics. Yet their impact is not well-understood. Page, Seawright, and Lacombe have given us a compelling and original piece of work on an important topic.” —Darrell M. West, Brookings Institution

Book Zero to Rich

Download or read book Zero to Rich written by Fiona Smith and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2024-02-21 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invigorating and fresh take on building a bright financial future In Zero to Rich: Secrets to Becoming a Millionaire by 30, celebrated personal finance blogger Fiona Smith delivers an energizing new approach to achieving financial security and independence without living like a monk. You'll discover how to improve your emotional, social, intellectual, and—most importantly—financial wellbeing as you implement the straightforward lessons taught by the author. From clarifying your money goals to paying off high-interest debt, you'll get step-by-step guidance on how to achieve your most critical money milestones. The book provides personal anecdotes, illuminating stories from real people, informational graphics, and engaging end-of-chapter challenges and exercises to help you get started on your new path to financial freedom. You'll also find: Easy-to-follow advice on how to start investing, including the use of tax-advantaged accounts and 401k plans Strategies for maximizing your earnings, like negotiating your salary and building a business or side hustle Techniques for improving your financial security right now, including budgeting and insurance planning An essential financial self-improvement resource for anyone interested in building a brighter future for themselves, their family, and the people they love, Zero to Rich is packed with the expert personal finance knowledge you'll wish you learned in grade school.

Book Secrets of the Internet Millionaire Mind

Download or read book Secrets of the Internet Millionaire Mind written by Matt Bacak and published by TipTec Development. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's The One Thing That Separates You From The People Who Have The Success...And The Money...That You Wish You Had? "Matt, Thank you so much for sharing your internet millionaire strategies with me. Because of your system I have put an extra $142,699.48 in my pocket over the last 12 months and I did this working only part time I'm officially on my way and I owe it all to you. Thank you so much " -Marie Brown, Buford GA "Matt Bacak is TRULY an Internet genius Secrets of The Internet Millionaires is a MUST read for anyone interested in starting their own internet business. With Matt's road map, you'll quickly receive the success you've been searching for -Lou Castillo. Atlanta, GA If you long to be financially free and successful. If you imagine the day you have money to spend and never have to worry about how much the items on the restaurant menu cost. If you can see what it would be like to just pay a valet a few extra bucks to park your car because you want to - because you have plenty of cash and it's no problem... Then this could be the most important book you ever read. Discover the nine common characteristics of all Internet millionaires. (These surprising and easily-acquired characteristics mean the difference between being rich and being broke.and they are likely not what you might think they are ) Matt Bacak, Entrepreneur Magazine e-Biz radio show host became a "#1 Best Selling Author" in just a few short hours. "The Powerful Promoter" an entrepreneur from the time he could pull a wagon, started his first company with employees at the age of 12. He hasn't slowed down since And now he helps others benefit from his experience and gifts through his shaping and molding the internet millionaire mindset

Book Simplicity Secret

Download or read book Simplicity Secret written by George Choy and published by George Choy. This book was released on 2024-02-26 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever felt stressed or overwhelmed? Unlock the Simplicity Secret for simple and proven ways to reduce stress, make more money, and improve your health and fitness. Sarah and I found ourselves staring at a tsunami of stress. Wave after wave of stressful events crashed upon us, creating a relentless pile-up in our money, work, relationship, kids and home life. Just when we believed the storm couldn't intensify any further, we were both diagnosed with medical problems. It felt like we were caught in a hurricane. This turbulent sea of stress paralyzed us, magnifying even the simplest irritations, as our capacity to cope with life crashed into the rocks. I just wanted to curl up into a ball and hide in a cave. Yet, amid the chaos, we discovered a glimmer of hope, a lifeboat to escape the suffocating grip of our complicated existence—simplicity. In Simplicity Secret you’ll discover proven methods to: - Rapidly reduce stress and find a sense of calm in your daily life - Increase your wealth and financial stability - Improve your physical and mental health - Find true happiness and fulfilment in all aspects of your life What awaits you inside: - Simplicity Secret Tool: Learn how to effortlessly apply the tool to your life - Real stories: We bare all, sharing our journey through overwhelm and stress to a simpler life, full of happiness and fulfilment - Exclusive Interviews. Gain inspiration from individuals who have successfully used simplicity to transform their lives: * Sarah Beth Yoga—how she used simplicity to build a 7-figure business * Happy Jack Yoga—how he simplified his life to travel all over the world * International Opera Deanna Breiwick—how she simplified her friendships to build the strongest support network in her life * Diana Finch-Keran—how she simplified her finances to create a joyful life, after leaving her stressful corporate job - Practical tips: Discover strategies for massive results with minimal effort - Step-by-step Guide: Simplify your life to find genuine joy and fulfilment Your past does not dictate your future. Start your journey toward a stress-free, happy life. Don't overthink it—buy Simplicity Secret today.

Book Dark Money

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jane Mayer
  • Publisher : Anchor
  • Release : 2017-01-24
  • ISBN : 0307947904
  • Pages : 577 pages

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

Book The Millionaire Dropout

Download or read book The Millionaire Dropout written by Vince Stanzione and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-06 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If like millions of others you know deep down that you deserve to do better than where you are today, than this book is for you. Not a book based on old fashion theories or textbook scenarios, The Millionaire Dropout is instead based on tried and tested methods of increasing personal skills, increasing your wealth, improving your life-style and releasing all the personal power that is locked up inside you. Based on the author’s firsthand experience of bootstrapping himself out of failure, The Millionaire Dropout is for anyone who wants to learn the secrets for increasing their income and their standard of living. Divided into three sections readers will walk through the stages for taking control of their life, learning how to make more money, and learning how be smart with their successes. Everyone owes it to themselves to invest a little time and effort into increasing their standard of living and releasing the personal power that is locked up inside of us all.

Book Andrew Carnegie Speaks to the 1

Download or read book Andrew Carnegie Speaks to the 1 written by Andrew Carnegie and published by Gray Rabbit Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the 99% occupied Wall Street... Before the concept of social justice had impinged on the social conscience... Before the social safety net had even been conceived... By the turn of the 20th Century, the era of the robber barons, Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) had already accumulated a staggeringly large fortune; he was one of the wealthiest people on the globe. He guaranteed his position as one of the wealthiest men ever when he sold his steel business to create the United States Steel Corporation. Following that sale, he spent his last 18 years, he gave away nearly 90% of his fortune to charities, foundations, and universities. His charitable efforts actually started far earlier. At the age of 33, he wrote a memo to himself, noting ..".The amassing of wealth is one of the worse species of idolatry. No idol more debasing than the worship of money." In 1881, he gave a library to his hometown of Dunfermline, Scotland. In 1889, he spelled out his belief that the rich should use their wealth to help enrich society, in an article called "The Gospel of Wealth" this book. Carnegie writes that the best way of dealing with wealth inequality is for the wealthy to redistribute their surplus means in a responsible and thoughtful manner, arguing that surplus wealth produces the greatest net benefit to society when it is administered carefully by the wealthy. He also argues against extravagance, irresponsible spending, or self-indulgence, instead promoting the administration of capital during one's lifetime toward the cause of reducing the stratification between the rich and poor. Though written more than a century ago, Carnegie's words still ring true today, urging a better, more equitable world through greater social consciousness.

Book Become a Pilot  Retire a Millionaire

Download or read book Become a Pilot Retire a Millionaire written by Timothy D. Bricker and published by Authors Book Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever dreamt of soaring through the skies, in control of your destiny? Have you ever envisioned yourself in the cockpit, charting a course for both the skies and financial success? Have you ever wondered if piloting the skies could lead to a millionaire's retirement? If you've ever wondered if there's a path to becoming a pilot and retiring with financial security and comfort, then Tim Bricker's new book "Become a Pilot, Retire a Millionaire is your ticket to a life above the clouds and financial success. Embark on a journey that begins with following your passion for the skies. If you've ever looked up at an airplane and thought I wish that could be me, this book is your roadmap. Discover how you, yes, you, can turn your dream of becoming a pilot into a reality with insight from a seasoned pilot. • INSIDE BECOME A PILOT, SOAR INTO • An introductory history of aviation. • A look at the ever increasing salaries of today's pilots. • The various routes one can take to become a pilot. • The multiple positions and salaries a pilot can have. • A look at the day-to-day routines of a pilot. Guidance and support on how to know which aviation path to take. AND MUCH, MUCH MORE! Picture this: Your office is the cockpit, and the world is your playground. But it's not just about the thrill of flying; it's about the financial freedom accompanying it. Learn insider secrets to pilot life, where financial freedom takes flight alongside your dreams and passion for flying. Discover the unique opportunities that a career as a pilot presents and how you can leverage them to reach new heights in your professional and financial life. If you've ever gazed at the skies with a longing desire to fly, and if the idea of retiring with a well-cushioned bank account has crossed your mind, then Become a Pilot is your manual I to making it all happen. Take control of your destiny, soar through the clouds, and retire a millionaire. Ready to embark on the journey of a lifetime? Buckle up; your adventure begins now!

Book Divorcing the Dow

Download or read book Divorcing the Dow written by Jim Troup and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-04-07 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investment approach that unlocks the secret of market patterns Based on over forty years of combined author experience as portfolio managers and financial advisors, Divorcing the Dow presents a timely framework for understanding and investing in market cycles. Authors Jim Troup and Sharon Michalsky believe that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is no longer a relevant indicator of market performance; in fact, they feel that watching the Dow may actually obscure indications that the financial markets are poised to experience a boom that dwarfs anything seen before. Based on in-depth research and field-tested in their own successful management of millions of dollars in personal and corporate assets, Divorcing the Dow introduces investors to a revolutionary paradigm for assessing the markets and making investment decisions. Troup and Michalsky's approach focuses on analyzing patterns of productivity as a way to anticipate market cycles and investment potential-and with this book they've outlined how investors can begin to recognize these patterns themselves. Divorcing the Dow provides investors with a new framework for thinking about financial markets and gives readers specific investment techniques to anticipate the market's direction and identify companies poised for sustained productivity and long-term growth. Jim Troup (Sarasota, FL) is First Vice President, Financial Consultant, Portfolio Manager, and Corporate Client Group Director at Smith Barney. A twenty-four-year finance veteran, Troup has worked with leading investment firms including E.F. Hutton and Merrill Lynch, and lectures extensively on portfolio management and asset allocation. SHARON MICHALSKY is First Vice President, Financial Consultant, Portfolio Manager, Corporate Client Group Director at Smith Barney, where she began her career nineteen years ago. She has attended The Wharton School and is the guest speaker at many professional forums where she lectures on investment methodology and portfolio management.

Book Stop Acting Rich

Download or read book Stop Acting Rich written by Thomas J. Stanley and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling author of The Millionaire Next Door reveals easy ways to build real wealth With well over two million of his books sold, and huge praise from many media outlets, Dr. Thomas J. Stanley is a recognized and highly respected authority on how the wealthy act and think. Now, in Stop Acting Rich ? and Start Living Like a Millionaire, he details how the less affluent have fallen into the elite luxury brand trap that keeps them from acquiring wealth and details how to get out of it by emulating the working rich as opposed to the super elite. Puts wealth in perspective and shows you how to live rich without spending more Details why we spend lavishly and how to stop this destructive cycle Discusses how being "rich" means more than just big houses and luxury cars A defensive strategy for tough times, Stop Acting Rich shows readers how to live a rich, happy life through accumulating more wealth and using it to achieve the type of financial freedom that will create true happiness and fulfillment.

Book Quit Like a Millionaire

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 338 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.

Book The Wealth Hoarders

Download or read book The Wealth Hoarders written by Chuck Collins and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades, a secret army of tax attorneys, accountants and wealth managers has been developing into the shadowy Wealth Defence Industry. These ‘agents of inequality’ are paid millions to hide trillions for the richest 0.01%. In this book, inequality expert Chuck Collins, who himself inherited a fortune, interviews the leading players and gives a unique insider account of how this industry is doing everything it can to create and entrench hereditary dynasties of wealth and power. He exposes the inner workings of these “agents of inequality”, showing how they deploy anonymous shell companies, family offices, offshore accounts, opaque trusts, and sham transactions to ensure the world’s richest pay next to no tax. He ends by outlining a robust set of policies that democratic nations can implement to shut down the Wealth Defence Industry for good. This shocking exposé of the insidious machinery of inequality is essential reading for anyone wanting the inside story of our age of plutocratic plunder and stashed cash.

Book The 10 Minute Millionaire

Download or read book The 10 Minute Millionaire written by D. R. Barton, Jr. and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-02-13 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America’s “Millionaires’ Club” now has 10.4 million members – the most ever, according to the latest statistics. And it’s a club you can join – much sooner than you might think, says D.R. Barton, Jr., a top trader, television analyst and former hedge fund officer. In his new book, the 10-Minute Millionaire, D.R. has distilled his decades of experience trading the markets into a system so simple that even a new investor can set it up and maintain it in increments of as little as 10 minutes. The 10-Minute Millionaire combines goal-setting, stock-screening and trading strategies whose ultimate objective is to give you membership in that Millionaires’ Club. The system is so simple D.R. has taught it to sixth graders, yet so powerful it can transform even a small starting stake into lifelong financial freedom – in a way that utterly destroys “buy-and-hold” investing. Loaded with step-by-step illustrations and personal stories, the 10-Minute Millionaire takes the powerful secrets of Wall Street insiders and breaks them down into an easy-to-understand blueprint for beating the markets, day after day, week after week. Using an easy three-step process, D.R. walks you through a repeatable and reliable way to identify the stock-market extremes that show up virtually every day. He trains you to properly frame each trade to maximize profit and minimize risk. Finally, he neutralizes the natural biases that lead most traders to financial destruction – and shows you how to book big profits from other trader’s irrational miscues. This isn’t an algorithmic “black box.” It’s not “robo-trading.” The 10-Minute Millionaire system still requires personal involvement. It still requires commitment. But it squeezes out emotion, filters out the noise, slashes the risk, and maximizes your potential for profits – and also for meaningful wealth. Once you learn the 10-Minute Millionaire way, it’s a system you can operate and update in tiny 10-minute increments. Before you know it, you’ll be trading better than a seasoned pro. And you’ll watch as your “assets” turn into true wealth. And you’ll learn the most-valuable lesson of all: Becoming a millionaire doesn’t have to be an unattainable dream. Make it a goal, and pursue that goal, and before long that dream will be real.

Book Bold

    Book Details:
  • Author : Peter H. Diamandis
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2016-02-23
  • ISBN : 1476709580
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book Bold written by Peter H. Diamandis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bold is a radical how-to guide for using exponential technologies, moonshot thinking, and crowd-powered tools to create extraordinary wealth while also positively impacting the lives of billions. A follow-up to the authors' Abundance (2012).

Book The Millionaire Next Door

Download or read book The Millionaire Next Door written by Thomas J. Stanley and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do the rich get rich? An updated edition of the “remarkable” New York Times bestseller, based on two decades of research (The Washington Post). Most of the truly wealthy in the United States don’t live in Beverly Hills or on Park Avenue. They live next door. America’s wealthy seldom get that way through an inheritance or an advanced degree. They bargain-shop for used cars, raise children who don’t realize how rich their families are, and reject a lifestyle of flashy exhibitionism and competitive spending. In fact, the glamorous people many of us think of as “rich” are actually a tiny minority of America’s truly wealthy citizens—and behave quite differently than the majority. At the time of its first publication, The Millionaire Next Door was a groundbreaking examination of America’s rich—exposing for the first time the seven common qualities that appear over and over among this exclusive demographic. This edition includes a new foreword by Dr. Thomas J. Stanley—updating the original content in the context of the financial crash and the twenty-first century. “Their surprising results reveal fundamental qualities of this group that are diametrically opposed to today’s earn-and-consume culture.” —Library Journal

Book The 9 9 Percent

    Book Details:
  • Author : Matthew Stewart
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2021-10-12
  • ISBN : 1982114207
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book The 9 9 Percent written by Matthew Stewart and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “brilliant” (The Washington Post), “clear-eyed and incisive” (The New Republic) analysis of how the wealthiest group in American society is making life miserable for everyone—including themselves. In 21st-century America, the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution have walked away with the big prizes even while the bottom 90% have lost ground. What’s left of the American Dream has taken refuge in the 9.9% that lies just below the tip of extreme wealth. Collectively, the members of this group control more than half of the wealth in the country—and they are doing whatever it takes to hang on to their piece of the action in an increasingly unjust system. They log insane hours at the office and then turn their leisure time into an excuse for more career-building, even as they rely on an underpaid servant class to power their economic success and satisfy their personal needs. They have segregated themselves into zip codes designed to exclude as many people as possible. They have made fitness a national obsession even as swaths of the population lose healthcare and grow sicker. They have created an unprecedented demand for admission to elite schools and helped to fuel the dramatic cost of higher education. They channel their political energy into symbolic conflicts over identity in order to avoid acknowledging the economic roots of their privilege. And they have created an ethos of “merit” to justify their advantages. They are all around us. In fact, they are us—or what we are supposed to want to be. In this “captivating account” (Robert D. Putnam, author of Bowling Alone), Matthew Stewart argues that a new aristocracy is emerging in American society and it is repeating the mistakes of history. It is entrenching inequality, warping our culture, eroding democracy, and transforming an abundant economy into a source of misery. He calls for a regrounding of American culture and politics on a foundation closer to the original promise of America.