The 9.9 percent : the new aristocracy that is entrenching inequality and warping our culture /

Stewart, Matthew, 1963-

The 9.9 percent : the new aristocracy that is entrenching inequality and warping our culture / Nine.nine percent Matthew Stewart. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition - vii, 341 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-327) and index.

Who We Are -- Why We Have Such Amazing Children -- Why We Get Along So Well with the Other Sex -- Why We Are So Highly Educated -- Why Our Neighborhoods Are the Best -- Why Other People Are So Racist -- Why We Are So Fit -- Why We Believe in Merit -- Why We Make So Much Money -- Why Everyone Is So Unreasonable -- How We Might Get a Clue.

"A trenchant analysis of how the wealthiest 9.9 percent of Americans -- those just below the tip of the wealth pyramid -- have exacerbated the growing inequality in our country and distorted our social values"--

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Upper class--United States.
Rich people--United States.
Wealth--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Social stratification--United States.
Equality--United States.

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