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Davos man : how the billionaires devoured the world / Peter S. Goodman. by Goodman, Peter S. Custom House, 2022. Call #: 305.5234 G653d Subjects World Economic Forum.   COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Economic aspects.   Billionaires.   Business and politics.   World politics.   Davos (Switzerland) ISBN:  9780063078307 (hc.) Alternate title:  How the billionaires devoured the world [Davos man] Edition:  1st ed. Description:  viii, 472 p. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages [413]-458) and index. Summary:  "Da.vos Man n.|| A member of the global billionaire class that controls the majority of the world's wealth. A rare and dangerous predator who attacks without restraint -- expanding his territory and seizing the nourishment of others -- while he deftly assumes the guise of empathy and generosity, lulling his prey into submission. || ORIGIN The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where the species is known to gather annually to cleanse its reputation." --Jacket. "Drawing on decades of experience covering the global economy, award-winning journalist Peter S. Goodman profiles five representative Davos Men, chronicling how their shocking exploitation of the global pandemic has hastened a fifty-year trend of weath centralizaton: Jeff Bezos, the wealthiest man on earth; Stephen Schwarzman, head of private equity giant Blackstone; Larry Fink, the world's largest asset manager; Jamie Dimon, CEO if America's largest bank; and tech entrepreneur Marc Benioff. Alongside this reporting, Goodman delivers textured portraits of those caught in Davos Man's wake, including a former seeelworker on th American Midwest, a Bangladeshi migrant in Qatar, a Seattle doctor on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19, blue-collar workers in the tenements of Buenos Aires, an African immigrant in Sweden, a textile manufacturer in Italy, an Amazon warehouse employee in New York City, and more." Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 305.5234 G653d Core Collection - Adult Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Sackville Public Library Adult Nonfiction 305.5234 G653d Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Adult Nonfiction 305.5234 G653d Adult books Checked out Jul 09, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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