The Velvet Rope Economy: How Inequality Became Big Business

by Nelson D. Schwartz

Book Overview

From New York Times business reporter Nelson D. Schwartz comes a gripping investigation of how a virtual velvet rope divides Americans in every arena of life, creating a friction-free existence for those with money on one side and a Darwinian struggle for the middle class on the other side.

In nearly every realm of daily life--from health care to education, highways to home security--there is an invisible velvet rope that divides...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385543085
• ISBN13: 9780385543088
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.5"