The Rich Audiobook by John Kampfner

Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/1326/to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Rich Subtitle: From Slaves to Super-Yachts: A 2,000-Year History Author: John Kampfner Narrator: Roger Davis Format: Unabridged Length: 18 hrs and 30 mins Language: English Release date: 10-02-14 Publisher: Hachette Audio UK Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy Publisher's Summary: From the Orwell Prize shortlisted author of Freedom for Sale, The Rich is the fascinating history of how economic elites from ancient Egypt to the present day have gained and spent their money. Starting with Ancient Egypt and Greece and culminating with the oligarchies of modern Russia and China, it compares and contrasts the rich and powerful down the ages and around the world. What unites them? Have the same instincts of entrepreneurship, ambition, vanity, greed, and philanthropy applied throughout? As contemporary politicians, economists, and the public wrestle with the inequities of our time - the parallel world inhabited by the ultra-wealthy at a time of broader hardship - it is salutary to look to history for explanations. This book synthesises thousands of years of human behaviour and asks the question: Is the development of the globalised super-rich over the past 20 years anything new?

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