Richistan

A Journey Through the 21st Century Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich

By: Robert Frank

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Paperback | 1 May 2008 | Edition Number 1

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In this riveting book, Wall Street Journal reporter Robert Frank explores the lives and lifestyles of a new breed of millionaires and billionaires - many of them self-made and from blue-collar backgrounds - and how this new gilded age is affecting wider society. Profiles of ''instapreneurs'', dot-com billionaires, and eccentrics from the lower and upper reaches of Richistan take us into the rarified world of people like Ed Bazinet, who became a multi-millionaire by selling miniature ceramic villages, and Tim Blixseth, who earned billions by trading remote stretches of timberland. The influence wielded by the newly wealthy goes far beyond their earning power, and Frank also explores the lifestyles developing around them (butler schools and a new type of service employee, self-help groups for people worth $10 million or more) as well as where their money is going (the commodification of the art world, the rise of ''market-driven'' philanthropy). As wealth creation becomes more and more globalised, Richistan looks behind the glitz to find the real story of new money and its impact on the world.

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A fascinating excursion through the lives of the rich. The rise and rise of rich people is the most important and least noticed economic trend of our time. Richistan is a lively glimpse of the future. - Richard Koch

Jaw dropping - OBSERVER

I couldn't put it down. Frank's field guide to the new rich is as funny as it is fascinating. - Chris Anderson, author of The Long TAIL

A superb travelogue of a land with its own education, healthcare and transprot systems, holiday destinations and social norms, which is anthropological in scope and not judgmental - EVENING STANDARD

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