~ TRWJGR-TWB-FF-C-TOCWAC-TOSWAS-A-TOEWAE-TWC-R ~ The Rich Weren’t Just Getting Richer – They Were Becoming – Financial Foreigners – Creating – Their Own Country Within A Country – Their Own Society Within A Society – And – Their Own Economy Within An Economy – They Were Creating – Richistan

~ R-ARTNO-CC ~ Richistanis – Are Reinventing The Notion Of – Conspicuous Consumption

~ ‘A’-TURI ~ “Affluent” – The Ultimate Richistani Insult

~ TLOURHBIC-TRT-TC-‘FO’-LCDETSAFD-T-DN-FIALWTTPAHHS ~ The Lives Of Upper Richistanis Have Become Incredibly Complicated – To Run Them – They’re Creating – “Family Offices” – Large Companies Dedicated Entirely To Serving A Family’s Day-To-Day Needs – From Investments And Legal Work To Travel Plans And Hiring House Staff

~ B ~ Billionaireville

~ B-OOTF-GJ ~ Butlering – One Of The Fastest-Growing Jobs

~ Y-IITGI-F-MTAOF-APTB-R-F-TEB ~ Yet – It Is The Growth In – Finance – More Than Any Other Factor – Allowing People To Become – Richer – Faster – Than Ever Before

~ EOW-EC-CNATKOWORF-R-TE ~ Executives Of Well-Established Companies – Can Now Amass The Kind Of Wealth Once Reserved For – Risk-Taking Entrepreneurs

~ I ~ Instapreneurs

~ TNLC ~ The New Leisure Class

~ F-R-WHBTP-A-PHBTW-YAJ-ANLWCGTATRTKW-EITFITMOSATA ~ For – Richistanis – Work Has Become Their Play – And – Play Has Become Their Work – Yachts And Jets – Are Now Loaded With Communications Gear To Allow The Rich To Keep Working – Even If They’re Floating In The Mediterranean Or Soaring Above The Atlantic

~ TCE-R-LTTOTAOP-AWEF ~ The Conflicted Elite – Richistanis – Like To Think Of Themselves As Ordinary People – Albeit With Extraordinary Fortunes

~ FOF-WTNRCMGFIRT-TCLTJAQ ~ Fear Of Falling – While The New Rich Can Make Giant Fortunes In Record Time – They Can Lose Them Just As Quickly

~ BBB ~ Beach Blanket Billionaires

~ Y:WTSPCS ~ Yachts: When The Stripper Pole Comes Standard

~ B-DC-ART-FR ~ Big-Dog Cars – A Return To – Flashy Rides

~ PBN ~ Painting By Numbers – The Art Market

~ P ~ Plutonomics

~ PP-GFR ~ Performance Philanthropy – Giving For Results

~ CA-PHNBMF-RWAC ~ Competitive Altruism – Philanthropy Has Never Been More Fashionable – Rebel With A Cause

~ WW-TTWM-TFTO-WSG ~ Worried Wealth – The Trouble With Money – They’d Formed Their Own – Wealth Support Groups

~ TIM ~ The Inner Millionaire

~ A-WTNTW-CDLSOMOD-THTD-BLS-CU-MM-WWOP-STUTROHSAP-TPGITWOHM ~ Aristokids – Without The Need To Work – Children Develop Little Sense Of Motivation Or Drive – They Have Trouble Developing – Basic Life Skills – Cleaning Up – Managing Money – Working With Other People – Since They’re Used To Relying On House Staff And Parents – The Privilege Gets In The Way Of Healthy Maturation

~ MGPTATBTWOOLE ~ Money Gives People The Ability To Buy Their Way Out Of Life Experiences

~ IWOG-WC-H-TTWUTWTHTSDP ~ Inequality Will Only Grow – We Can – Hope – That They Will Use Their Wealth To Help Target Society’s Deepest Problems