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viii, 472 pages ; 24 cm
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"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 has transformed 21st century life and dangerously destabilized democracy"--
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...
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300 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Español
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La mayoria de los americanos informan que tomarian dos semanas adicionales de vacaciones por encima de dos semanas adicionales de salario, la mitad de todos los profesionales de negocios dicen que su trabajo no ofrece ningun significado, y casi la mitad de todos los empleos corren un alto riesgo de ser usurpados por las maquinas. Mientras tanto, despues de trabajar todo el dia en trabajos que a menudo no nos gusta, compramos cosas que no necesitamos....
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Once left to live the glamorous life in New York City, the Blue Bloods--an ancient group of vampires--now find themselves in an epic battle for survival following the stunning revelation of a young socialite's true identity and the growing threat of the sinister Silver Bloods.
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"Many fear that efforts to address inequality will undermine the economy as a whole. But the opposite is true: rising inequality has become a drag on growth and an impediment to market competition. Heather Boushey breaks down the problem and argues that we can preserve our nation's economic traditions while promoting shared economic growth"--
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342 pages ; 22 cm.
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Schuyler Van Alen and her love Jack Force go their separate ways after their trip to Florence, Italy, with Schuyler going to Egypt to fulfill the Van Alen legacy, while Jack returns to Manhattan to face his twin sister, Mimi, but things get even more complicated when Mimi jets off to Egypt while the Coven threatens to fall apart around her.
48) The au pairs
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294 pages ; 24 cm
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Three teenage girls from different backgrounds work for a summer in the Hamptons as au pairs for a wealthy family, and in spite of many ups and downs, all three end up changing for the better.
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In this groundbreaking book, Russ Alan Prince and Lewis Schiff examine the far-reaching impact of the middle-class millionaires-people who enjoy a net worth ranging from one to ten million dollars who have earned rather than inherited their wealth. Comprising 8.4 million households, these working rich are exerting a powerful influence on our attitudes and on society. They believe in the benefits of hard work. They believe in investing in themselves...
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1 videodisc (63 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Set in Depression-plagued England, Grant, who has never had to toil a moment in his wastrel existence, bets a bundle that he can earn his own way for one year and never touch the cash that has been willed to him.
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Rachel Sherman teaches sociology at the New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College. She is the author of Class Acts: Service and Inequality in Luxury Hotels.
A surprising and revealing look at how today's elite view their wealth and place in society
From TV's "real housewives" to The Wolf of Wall Street, our popular culture portrays the wealthy as materialistic and entitled. But what do we really know about those who live on "easy street"?...
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244 pages ; 24 cm
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Sandel argues that we have drifted from having a market economy to being a market society and examines one of the biggest ethical questions of our time: What is the proper role of markets in a democratic society, and how can we protect the moral and civic goods that markets do not honor and money cannot buy?
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Junie B. Jones volume 10
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71 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
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Lucille invites Junie B. and her friend Grace to sleep over at her very rich nanna's house, where everything is beautiful, expensive, and breakable.
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xxiii, 275 pages ; 24 cm.
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"The globalization gap reveals how globalization is spreading poverty, disease, and the disintegration of traditional cultures. A few "winners" are using their wealth to buffer themselves against these radical transformations. But, in most places, the new wealth generated by globalization is not trickling down. The result? More misery - and political upheavals that will endanger us all." "Isaak presents a realistic blueprint for sharing opportunity...
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xvi, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Carol Roth investigates what would happen if a new financial world order took hold, one in which global elites own everything and you own nothing -- and yet you are somehow happy. When Carol Roth first heard that one of the World Economic Forum's predictions for 2030 was "You will own nothing, and be happy," she thought it was an outlandish fantasy. Then, she researched it. What she found was that a number of businesses, governments, and global elites...
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198 pages ; 22 cm
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Drawn into the glamour, luxury, and romance of Manhattan's elite by the sister of one of their charges, two sixteen-year-old nannies enjoy high salaries, extravagant gifts, and attention--for which they may have to pay a very high price.
57) Tell me my name
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325 pages ; 22 cm
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Eighteen-year-old Fern's life spirals out of control after troubled former child star Ivy Avila arrives on Commodore Island, ultimately forcing Fern to take agency over her own existence.
59) Give + take
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244 pages ; 22 cm
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"Disillusioned with money and disappointed in love, jazz pianist Ross Clifton finds an unexpected cure. He puts his deft fingers to use after hours, stealing millions in diamonds and BMWs, then giving it all away. But when his teenaged nephew, Cray, joins him on the road, his life as a gifted grifter skids to a halt. And Marianne, a luminous singer with a secret life of her own, lures him into new, dangerous territory."--from flap copy.
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Family business novel volume 6
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A scientific researcher and a disgraced chemist become pawns in a power grab by a billionaire contraband smuggler targeting Paris Duncan and her family, a situation that is further complicated by an assassin lover's return from the dead.
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