Billionaire Wilderness - The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West

Zusatztext "One of Amazon's Best Books of 2020 in Business and Leadership" Informationen zum Autor Justin Farrell is a professor at Yale University in the School of the Environment. Twitter @J_Farrell Klappentext "Offers an unprecedented look inside the world of the ultra-wealthy and their relationship to the natural world, showing how the ultra-rich use nature to resolve key predicaments in their lives. Justin Farrell immerses himself in Teton County, Wyoming ... to investigate interconnected questions about money, nature, and community in the twenty-first century. Farrell draws on three years of in-depth interviews with 'ordinary' millionaires and the world's wealthiest billionaires, four years of in-person observation in the community, and original quantitative data to provide ... analytical insight on the ultra-wealthy. He also interviewed low-income workers who could speak to their experiences as employees for and members of the community with these wealthy people"-- Zusammenfassung A revealing look at the intersection of wealth, philanthropy, and conservation Billionaire Wilderness takes you inside the exclusive world of the ultra-wealthy, showing how today's richest people are using the natural environment to solve the existential dilemmas they face. Justin Farrell spent five years in Teton County, Wyoming, the richest county in the United States, and a community where income inequality is the worst in the nation. He conducted hundreds of in-depth interviews, gaining unprecedented access to tech CEOs, Wall Street financiers, and other prominent figures in business and politics. He also talked with the rural poor who live among the ultra-wealthy and often work for them. The result is a penetrating account of the far-reaching consequences of the massive accrual of wealth and a troubling portrait of a changing American West where romanticizing rural poverty and conserving nature can be lucrative, socially as well as financially. ...

Product details

• Authors: Justin Farrell, Farrell Justin
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9780691217123
• ISBN: 978-0-691-21712-3
• No. of pages: 392
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; NATURE / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Rural communities, Social discrimination & inequality, Social impact of environmental issues, Sociology & anthropology, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Sociology and anthropology, Social discrimination and social justice