Stinking Rich: The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire

by Carl Rhodes

Billionaires are an ultra-elite social class whose numbers are growing alongside their obscene wealth while others struggle, suffer or even die. They represent a scourge of economic inequality, but how do they get away with it? A set of dangerous and deceptive inter-connected myths portrays them as a 'force for good' - the 'heroic billionaire' asserts they are gallant protagonists of the American Dream gone global - the 'generous billionaire' pretends...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529239109
• ISBN13: 9781529239102
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Length: 224 Pages