‘Superclass’ Unveils the 6,000 Who Really Run Things
If you're trying to figure out where to throw your Molotov cocktails, David Rothkopf's book proves you've got your work cut out for you. The businessman and former Clinton official spent years crunching numbers and trailing the 6,000 or so "power elite" who make most of the decisions about how the planet works. Neither a gossipfest nor an anarchist call to arms, this measured book demonstrates the way these elite businessmen anonymously influence politicians and dictators, and take advantage of international chaos to advance their own interests.
Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making
David Rothkopf
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Out Mar. 18
$26
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