The 1% and the Rest of Us

Download or read book The 1% and the Rest of Us written by Tim Di Muzio and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the Occupy movement faces many strategic and organizational challenges, one of its major accomplishments has been to draw global attention to the massive disparity of income, wealth and privilege held by 1% of the population in nations across the world. In The 1% and the Rest of Us, Tim Di Muzio explores what it means to be part of a socio-economic order presided over by the super-rich and their political servants. Incorporating provocative and original arguments about philanthropy, social wealth and the political role of the super-rich, Di Muzio reveals how the 1% are creating a world unto themselves in which the accumulation of ever more money is really a symbolic drive to control society and the natural environment.