Brazillionaires - The Godfathers of Modern Brazil (Paperback, Main)

Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award Wealth and power on the trail of the super-rich In 2012, Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista was the eighth richest man in the world, his $30bn fortune built on Brazil's incredible natural resources. By the middle of 2013 he had lost it all, engulfed in scandal. Brazillionaires is a fast-paced account of Batista's rise and fall: a story of helicopter flights, beach-front penthouses and high-speed car crashes. Along the way, it tells the parallel story of Brazil itself, a country caught in the cycle of boom and bust, renewed hope and dashed promise; a country where the hyper-rich are at the heart of the economy - and where their wealth can buy immense political power. Stefan Zweig said in 1941 that Brazil was the country of the future; Brazilians joke that it always will be. Today, rampant corruption and endemic inequality threaten to derail the new Brazilian Dream. The brazillionaires are the key to understanding that dream; through them Brazillionaires tells the story of their country's past, present and future.

General

Imprint:	Profile Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Alex Cuadros
Dimensions:	216 x 135 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	346
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-1-78125-387-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political corruption Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > International economics > General Promotions
LSN:	1-78125-387-0
Barcode:	9781781253878

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