By M&C News Mar 14, 2008, 12:39 GMT
David Rothkopf has written a new book called Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making.
According to a recent AP review, “It's not just trade and finance that's being globalized these days, it's sheer power — the power of about 6,000 distinguished people to get big things done across national frontiers, says author David Rothkopf,” the article states.
Publishers Weekly has said, “Across the world, the author contends, few object to corruption and oppressive governments provided they can do business in these countries. Neither hand-wringing nor worshipful, this book delivers an unsettling account of what the immense and growing power of this superclass bodes for the future.”
The AP gives a lengthy description about the book, and the article also noted, “The 6,000 have the power to obtain almost anything they want — except more time. That's why they spend so much of it spanning the world in customized private planes. He devotes some space to that privilege.”
Farrar, Straus and Giroux is the publisher. Visit the AP article here.
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