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Title: Richistan: A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich [AUDIOBOOK]
Author(s): Robert Frank (Author), Dick Hill (Narrator
Pages: Audio
Publisher: Tantor Media
Publication date: 2007
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Format: Mp3
ISBN-10: 1400154456
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Description: From Publishers Weekly When Frank, a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, began noticing that the ranks of America's wealthy had more than doubled in the last decade, and that they were beginning to cluster together in enclaves, he decided to investigate this new society, where $1 million barely gets you in the door. The Richistanis like to consider themselves ordinary people who just happen to have tons of money, but they live in a world where people buy boats just to carry their cars and helicopters behind their primary yachts, and ordering an alligator-skin toilet seat won't make even your interior designer blink. But Frank doesn't just focus on conspicuous consumption. He talks to philanthropists who apply investment principles to their charitable contributions and political fund-raisers who have used their millions to transform the Colorado state legislature. He also meets people for whom sudden wealth is an emotional burden, whose investment club meetings can feel like group therapy sessions. It's only in the final pages that Frank contemplates the widening gap between Richistan and the rest of the world�for the most part, his grand tour approach never loses its light touch. (June) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From AudioFile Robert Frank, Wall Street Journal wealth reporter, shows us how the inhabitants of Richistan--a parallel country of the rich--live. This is not the other half; its the other one percent. Richistanis worry about their financial security and raising children not to be Paris Hilton. They have butlers, $600,000 Franck Muller watches (Rolexes are cheap), and alligator skin toilet seats on private jets. Dick Hill does his usual masterful work, faithfully translating Franks frequent amusement. Hills light tone is perfect for relating the foibles of those with unlimited funds. Hill also creates appropriate voices for the many interviewees and others quoted in the book--a particular favorite is the philanthropist from Texas who applies business rules to his charity giving. A.B. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition. See all Editorial Reviews Product Details * MP3 CD * Publisher: Tantor Media; MP3 Una edition (July 1, 2007) * Language: English * ISBN-10: 1400154456 * ISBN-13: 978-1400154456

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