Superclass : the global power elite and the world they are making
Rothkopf, David
Superclass : the global power elite and the world they are making - London Little Brown 2008 - xxii,376p.
CONTENTS PREFACE xiii INTRODUCTION THE POWER ELITE ON THE PROMENADE 3 CHAPTER 1 EACH ONE IS ONE IN A MILLION: MEET THE SUPERCLASS 23 Each One Is One in a Million The Corporate Side of the Superclass Vilfredo Pareto's Enduring Insight: The 80/20 Rule and the Superclass A Snapshot of the Superclass What Does Disproportionate Power Look Like? What the People Who Have Everything Really Want Six Central Issues Associated with the Superclass CHAPTER 2 CETERIS NON PARIBUS: INEQUALITY, BACKLASH, AND THE NEW ORDER 51 Not All Boats Are Lifted Not a Country But a Country Club Not Just a Chilean Paradox And After the Easy Part .. Ceteris Non Paribus: Inequality of Power, Inequality of Wealth War of the Rich and the Superrich? The Inequitable Distribution of Luck Premium Pay in the Executive Suite Inequality Revisited CHAPTER 3 LESSONS OF HISTORY: THE RISE AND FALL OF ELITES 77 The Power of History The Power of Institutions The Power of Money The Power of Politics The Power of Force The Powerof Networks From the Wanaxes to the Robber Barons;The Rise andFall of Elites o Stirrings of Democracy: Greece from 2000 to 323 BCE The Forbidden City Opened from Within: China in the Seventeenth Century Robber Barons or Inventors of Modernity: America After the Civil War CHAPTER 4 THE MULTINATIONAL MOMENT: WHEN FINANCE AND BUSINESS BECAME THE CENTER OF IT ALL111 The Corporate Cluster Within the Superclass The Interlinked Corporate Elite What Global Power Can Do Energy Elites: A Unique Public-Private Network From the Sun King to the God Pod Global Industry, Global Leadership CHAPTER 5 GLOBALISTS vs. NATIONALISTS: POLITICAL FAULT LINE FOR A NEW CENTURY145 The Power Vacuum Gangsters for Capitalism? The Rules ChangeBut the Game Stays the Same: Political Elites Worldwide Behind theScenes: The Globalization of the Smoke-Filled Back Room TangledWebs and Tottering Institutions An Informal Affair: The Sovereignty vs.Democracy Trade-Off The Global Network of Antiglobalists CHAPTER 6 THIE AGE OF ASYMMETRY: DECLINE OF THE TlTANS AND THE RISE OF SHADOW WARRIORS 190 The Terrorist Threat in Perspective The Roots of Global Networks G reen Is Not Just the Color of the Uniforms Consolidation and entration of Military Power Networks Among Defense Firmsicy're All in a Tiny Room The Privatization of the Military: A 3-Way Street Permanent War's Bottom Line: A Country and an Alliance Beyond All Others The Fly and the Lion CHAPTER 7 THE INFORMATION SUPERCLASS: THE POWER OF IDEAS221 Fresh and Yet Strangely Familiar An Ascendant Voice of Change in Middle East New Media Monkey-Gland Injections: A Quick Shot Sizzle Pro Bono Saving the World One Idea at a Time The Reenchantment of the World Pastor of Partying The Telemuslim Dissident Spirituality or Subversive Cult? The Pragmatic Fanatic CHAPTER 8 How TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE SUPERCLASS: MYTH, REALITY, AND THE PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF SUCCESS 254 A Very Short History of Things That Didn't Really Happen-And Their Very il Consequences When Is a Trowel Just a Trowel? Can It Be sidered an Academic Elite Society If George W. Bush Was a Member? le Ex-Presidents' Club The Big Events: Less Than Meets the Eye? The Clinton Global Initiative and the Power of Global Philanthropy C alifornia's Superclass Summer Camp Asian and Latin American nabes or Harbingers of the Supermeetings of Tomorrow? How to Become a Member of the Superclass The Psychopathology of Success CHAPTER 9 UTURE OF THE SUPERCLASS - AND WHAT IT MAY MEAN FOR THE REST OF Us 296 In praise of Our Elites vs. Their Elites Disproportionate Concentration o Agenda-Setting Informal Mechanisms of Governance Elites the Disenfranchised Elites vs. Women Elites and Mobility itutions vs. Individuals The Emerging Superclass: A Coming Shock? Global Governance vs. Global Government Is a Crisis Inevitable? On Balance NOTES 325 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 357 INDEX 363
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Superclass : the global power elite and the world they are making - London Little Brown 2008 - xxii,376p.
CONTENTS PREFACE xiii INTRODUCTION THE POWER ELITE ON THE PROMENADE 3 CHAPTER 1 EACH ONE IS ONE IN A MILLION: MEET THE SUPERCLASS 23 Each One Is One in a Million The Corporate Side of the Superclass Vilfredo Pareto's Enduring Insight: The 80/20 Rule and the Superclass A Snapshot of the Superclass What Does Disproportionate Power Look Like? What the People Who Have Everything Really Want Six Central Issues Associated with the Superclass CHAPTER 2 CETERIS NON PARIBUS: INEQUALITY, BACKLASH, AND THE NEW ORDER 51 Not All Boats Are Lifted Not a Country But a Country Club Not Just a Chilean Paradox And After the Easy Part .. Ceteris Non Paribus: Inequality of Power, Inequality of Wealth War of the Rich and the Superrich? The Inequitable Distribution of Luck Premium Pay in the Executive Suite Inequality Revisited CHAPTER 3 LESSONS OF HISTORY: THE RISE AND FALL OF ELITES 77 The Power of History The Power of Institutions The Power of Money The Power of Politics The Power of Force The Powerof Networks From the Wanaxes to the Robber Barons;The Rise andFall of Elites o Stirrings of Democracy: Greece from 2000 to 323 BCE The Forbidden City Opened from Within: China in the Seventeenth Century Robber Barons or Inventors of Modernity: America After the Civil War CHAPTER 4 THE MULTINATIONAL MOMENT: WHEN FINANCE AND BUSINESS BECAME THE CENTER OF IT ALL111 The Corporate Cluster Within the Superclass The Interlinked Corporate Elite What Global Power Can Do Energy Elites: A Unique Public-Private Network From the Sun King to the God Pod Global Industry, Global Leadership CHAPTER 5 GLOBALISTS vs. NATIONALISTS: POLITICAL FAULT LINE FOR A NEW CENTURY145 The Power Vacuum Gangsters for Capitalism? The Rules ChangeBut the Game Stays the Same: Political Elites Worldwide Behind theScenes: The Globalization of the Smoke-Filled Back Room TangledWebs and Tottering Institutions An Informal Affair: The Sovereignty vs.Democracy Trade-Off The Global Network of Antiglobalists CHAPTER 6 THIE AGE OF ASYMMETRY: DECLINE OF THE TlTANS AND THE RISE OF SHADOW WARRIORS 190 The Terrorist Threat in Perspective The Roots of Global Networks G reen Is Not Just the Color of the Uniforms Consolidation and entration of Military Power Networks Among Defense Firmsicy're All in a Tiny Room The Privatization of the Military: A 3-Way Street Permanent War's Bottom Line: A Country and an Alliance Beyond All Others The Fly and the Lion CHAPTER 7 THE INFORMATION SUPERCLASS: THE POWER OF IDEAS221 Fresh and Yet Strangely Familiar An Ascendant Voice of Change in Middle East New Media Monkey-Gland Injections: A Quick Shot Sizzle Pro Bono Saving the World One Idea at a Time The Reenchantment of the World Pastor of Partying The Telemuslim Dissident Spirituality or Subversive Cult? The Pragmatic Fanatic CHAPTER 8 How TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE SUPERCLASS: MYTH, REALITY, AND THE PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF SUCCESS 254 A Very Short History of Things That Didn't Really Happen-And Their Very il Consequences When Is a Trowel Just a Trowel? Can It Be sidered an Academic Elite Society If George W. Bush Was a Member? le Ex-Presidents' Club The Big Events: Less Than Meets the Eye? The Clinton Global Initiative and the Power of Global Philanthropy C alifornia's Superclass Summer Camp Asian and Latin American nabes or Harbingers of the Supermeetings of Tomorrow? How to Become a Member of the Superclass The Psychopathology of Success CHAPTER 9 UTURE OF THE SUPERCLASS - AND WHAT IT MAY MEAN FOR THE REST OF Us 296 In praise of Our Elites vs. Their Elites Disproportionate Concentration o Agenda-Setting Informal Mechanisms of Governance Elites the Disenfranchised Elites vs. Women Elites and Mobility itutions vs. Individuals The Emerging Superclass: A Coming Shock? Global Governance vs. Global Government Is a Crisis Inevitable? On Balance NOTES 325 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 357 INDEX 363
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