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Cuadros, Alex.
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Billionaires -- Brazil.
Wealth -- Brazil -- History -- 21st century.
Finance -- Brazil -- History -- 21st century.
Economic development -- Brazil -- History -- 21st century.
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Cuadros, Alex.
Billionaires -- Brazil.
Wealth -- Brazil -- History -- 21st century.
Finance -- Brazil -- History -- 21st century.
Economic development -- Brazil -- History -- 21st century.
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Brazillionaires
:
wealth
,
power
,
decadence
, and
hope
in an
American
country
/ Alex Cuadros.
by
Cuadros, Alex.
Spiegel & Grau, 2016.
Call #:
305.52340981 C961b
Subjects
Billionaires -- Brazil.
Wealth
-- Brazil -- History -- 21st century.
Finance -- Brazil -- History -- 21st century.
Economic development -- Brazil -- History -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9780812996760 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xvii , 346 p. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-322) and index.
Contents:
Prologue: The crash -- Roots of
wealth
. God is Brazilian ; The price of progress ; Manifest destiny ; Nation building ; Prosperity gospel -- The Brazilian dream. Visionary ; Helping hands ; The profit motive ; The backlash ; Too big to fail ; After the crash.
Summary:
"When Bloomberg News invited the young
American
journalist Alex Cuadros to report on Brazil's emerging class of billionaires at the height of the historic Brazilian boom, he was poised to cover two of the biggest business stories of our time: how the giants of the developing world were taking their place at the center of global capitalism, and how
wealth
inequality was changing societies everywhere. The billionaires of Brazil and their massive fortunes resided at the very top of their
country
's economic pyramid, and whether they quietly accumulated exceptional
power
or extravagantly displayed their
decadence
, they formed a potent microcosm of the world's richest .001 percent. They held sway over the economy, government, media, and stewardship of the environment; they determined the spiritual fates and populated the imaginations of their countrymen. In 2012, Eike Batista ranked as the eighth-richest person in the world, was famous for his marriage to a beauty queen, and was a fixture in the Brazilian press. But by 2015, Batista was bankrupt, his son Thor had been indicted for manslaughter, and Brazil--its president facing impeachment, its provinces combating an epidemic, and its business and political class torn apart by scandal--had become a cautionary tale of a
country
run aground by its elites. Over four years, Cuadros reported on media moguls and televangelists, energy barons and shadowy figures from the years of military dictatorship, soy barons who lived on the outskirts of the Amazon, and new-economy billionaires spinning money from speculation. His zealous reporting takes us from penthouses to courtrooms, from favelas to art fairs, from scenes of unimaginable
wealth
to desperate, massive street protests. Within a business narrative that deftly dramatizes the volatility of the global economy, Cuadros offers us literary journalism with a grand sweep."--Adapted from dust jacket.
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