THE TROUBLE WITH BILLIONAIRES (US TITLE: BILLIONAIRES’ BALL)
Book ID/图书代码： 11701209B33570
English Summary/英文概要： The concentration of wealth today in such a small number of hands inevitably created a dynamic that led to freewheeling financial speculation—a dynamic that produced similarly disastrous results in the last great age of inequality, in the 1920s. Such concentrated economic power reverberates throughout society, threatening the quality of life and the very functioning of democracy. As McQuaig and Brooks illustrate, it’s no accident that the United States claims the most billionaires but suffers from among the highest rates of infant mortality and crime, the shortest life expectancy, and the lowest rates of social mobility and electoral political participation in the developed world.
In Billionaires’ Ball, McQuaig and Brooks take us back in history to the political decisions that helped birth our billionaires, then move us forward to the cutting-edge research into the dangers that concentrated wealth poses. Via vivid profiles of billionaires—ranging from philanthropic capitalists such as Bill Gates to hedge fund king John Paulson and the infamous band of Koch brothers—Billionaires’ Ball illustrates why we hold dearly to the belief that they "earned" and "deserve" their grand fortunes, when such wealth is really a by-product of a legal and economic infrastructure that’s become deeply flawed.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 今天的财富集中在小部分的人手中，必然创造了一个动态，一个随心所欲的金融投机－而这个动态在20世纪20年代造成类似的灾难，一个非常不平等的时代。这种集中的经济力量响遍整个社会，危及生活品质和民主的运作。马克奎恩(McQuaig)和布鲁克斯(Brooks)说明，在发达的世界里，美国拥有多数的亿万富翁但却有最高的婴儿死亡率和犯罪率，寿命最短，和最低的社会流动和政治选举参与率，而这些绝对不是碰巧。
在《亿万富翁的舞会》(Billionaires’ Ball)，马克奎恩和布鲁克斯将我们带回帮助出生的亿万富翁的历史政治决策，然后推动我们前进到尖端研究，进入集中财富带来的危险。通过关于亿万富翁的生动素材，如比尔·盖茨(Bill Gates)这样的慈善资本家，到对冲基金之王约翰·保尔森(John Paulson)，还有臭名昭著的科赫兄弟(Koch brothers)。《亿万富翁的舞会》说明为什么我们始终相信这些人”赚到“也"应得”他们盛大的财富，而实际上这种财富是由一个有严重缺陷的法律和经济基础设施造成的副产品。(LNL & CK)
Awards/获奖情况："一场毁灭性，极端财富的集中暴露真实世界的影响，来自两个最严谨，知识渊博，幽默的企业过剩的编年史 。对这个政治时代是不可或缺的阅读。 ”－内奥米·克莱因(Naomi Klein)，《休克主义》(The Shock Doctrine)的作者。
"琳达.马克奎恩(Linda McQuaig)和尼尔·布鲁克斯(Neil Brooks)已经写了火热但完全娱乐性的记事，探讨暴跳增长的经济不平等，此为美国在21世纪的特征定义。分析上层0.1％的成员，他们五颜六色的证明不平等的夸张尺度，揭穿了在经济，政治或道义上合理的概念。为所有有关公民和任何人怀疑这是唯一可能的世界写出而必读的书。“－罗伯特·麦克切斯尼(Robert W. McChesney)，《新闻自由》(Free Press) 的共同创始人和《美元：亿万富翁们是如何购买我们的民主和我们应该怎么做》(Dollarocracy: How Billionaires Are Buying Our Democracy and What We Can Do About It》的共著者。
“ 马克奎恩和布鲁克斯写出了一个迷人的记事，解释一个国家有多少的超级富豪是自己赚来他们的财富，还有为什么他们不应得这些钱。本书会带给读者资讯和愤怒”。－丁·贝克(Dean Baker)，经济和政策研究中心共同创始人，《泡沫利润：从泡沫经济中恢复》(False Profits: Recovering from the Bubble Economy)的作者。
"A devastating expose of the real-world impact of extreme wealth concentration from two of our most rigorous, knowledgeable and humorous chroniclers of corporate excess. An indispensable read for this political moment." －Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine
“Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks have written a blistering yet utterly entertaining account of the rampaging growth in economic inequality that is America’s defining feature in the 21st century. By profiling members of the upper .01%, they colorfully demonstrate the whopping dimensions of inequality, debunking notions that it is economically, politically or morally justified. A compelling book for all concerned citizens and anyone who wonders if this is the only world possible.”－ Robert W. McChesney, co-founder of Free Press and co-author of Dollarocracy: How Billionaires Are Buying Our Democracy and What We Can Do about It
“McQuaig and Brooks give a fascinating account of how many of the country’s super-rich made their fortunes and why they do not deserve them. Billionaires’ Ball will leave readers both better informed and infuriated.” －Dean Baker, co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and author of False Profits: Recovering from the Bubble Economy
About the Author/作者介绍： 琳达.马克奎恩(Linda McQuaig)已建立和政府对立的声誉。她是七本加拿大畅销书的作者，也是全国报纸奖的获奖人。她曾担任《环球邮报》(Globe and Mail)的全国记者，《麦克林杂志》(Maclean’s Magazine)的资深作者，还是《多伦多星报》(Toronto Star)的政治专栏作家。
三本书的作者，尼尔·布鲁克斯(Neil Brooks)是多伦多Osgoode Hall法学院税收研究系的主任。他曾参与有关所得税的建设项目，在Lithuania(通过哈佛国际发展学院），越南(瑞典国际发展机构），日本(亚洲发展银行），中国(AUSAid)，和蒙古(AUSAid)。
LINDA MCQUAIG has developed a reputation for taking on the establishment. Author of seven Canadian best sellers and winner of a National Newspaper Award, she has been a national reporter for the Globe and Mail, a senior writer for Maclean’s magazine, and a political columnist for the Toronto Star.
Author of three books, NEIL BROOKS is director of the Graduate Program in Taxation at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. He has participated in building projects relating to income tax in Lithuania (through the Harvard Institute for International Development), Vietnam (Swedish International Development Agency), Japan (Asian Development Bank), China (AUSAid), and Mongolia (AUSAid).
Format:TRADE PAPERBACK
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：
原文第一章内容：暂无
手稿：暂无
大纲：暂无