Davos Man

Books

From the New York Times's Global Economics Correspondent, a masterwork of reporting and explanatory journalism that exposes how billionaires' systematic plunder of the world--brazenly accelerated during the pandemic--has transformed 21st century life and dangerously destabilized democracy. "A biting, uproarious yet vital and deadly serious account of the profound damage the billionaire class is inflicting on the world." --JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics The history of the last half century in America, Europe, and other major economies is in large part the story of wealth flowing upward. The most affluent people emerged from capitalism's triumph in the Cold War to loot the peace, depriving governments of the resources needed to serve their people, and leaving them tragically unprepared for the worst pandemic in a century. Drawing on decades of experience covering the global economy, award-winning journalist Peter S. Goodman profiles five representative "Davos Men"-members of ...