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The Haves and Have-Yachts - Dispatches on the Ultrarich (Hardcover)
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The Haves and Have-Yachts - Dispatches on the Ultrarich (Hardcover)
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The ultrarich hold more of America’s wealth than they did in the heyday
of the Carnegies and Rockefellers. Here, Evan Osnos’s incisive
reportage yields an unforgettable portrait of the tactics and
obsessions driving this new Gilded Age, in which superyachts, luxury
bunkers, elite tax dodges, and a torrent of political donations bespeak
staggering disparities of wealth and power.
With deft storytelling and meticulous reporting, this is a book about
the indulgences, incentives, and psychological distortions that define
our economic age. In each essay, Osnos delves into a world that is
rarely visible, from the outrageous to the fabulous to the ridiculous:
a private wealth manager who broke with members of an American dynasty
and spilled their secrets; the pop stars who perform at lavish parties
for thirteen-year-olds; the status anxieties that spill out of marinas
in Monaco and Palm Beach like real-world episodes of Succession and The
White Lotus; the ethos behind the largest Ponzi scheme in Hollywood
history; the confessions of disgraced titans in a “white-collar support
group.” A celebrated political reporter, Osnos delves into the
unprecedented Washington influence of Silicon Valley and Wall Street,
drawing on in-depth interviews with Mark Zuckerberg and other
billionaires, about their power and the explosive backlash it stirs.
Originally published in The New Yorker, these essays have been revised
and expanded to deliver an unflinching portrait of raw ambition,
unimaginable fortune, and the rise of America’s modern oligarchy.
Osnos’s essays are a wake-up call—a case against complacency in the
face of unchecked excess, as the choices of the ultrarich ripple
through our lives. Entertaining, unsettling, and eye-opening, The Haves
and the Have-Yachts couldn’t be more relevant to today’s world.
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