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Author_Nelson Schwartz
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Capitalism
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Economics
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Inequality
Investigative Journalism
James Bloodworth
Joseph Stiglitz
Kate Pickett
Owen Jones
Richard Wilkinson
The Establishment
The Price of Inequality
The Spirit Level
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- ISBN 9781788166003
- Weight: 245g
- Dimensions: 128 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 04 Mar 2021
- Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In nearly every realm of daily life there is an invisible velvet rope that divides how we live. On one side, appointments are secured, queues are skipped and doors are opened. On the other, people fight for an empty seat on the plane, a place in line at a theme park or even a medical exam.
Schwartz shows how business innovators have stepped in to exploit the gap between the rich and everyone else, shifting services away from the masses and finding new ways to profit by serving the privileged. The frictionless world of VIP experiences seems like good business, but as this model expands, the costs are mounting. Schwartz's gripping account takes us on a glittering, behind-the-scenes tour of this new reality - and shows the toll the velvet rope divide is taking on society.
Nelson Schwartz has been a writer at the New York Times for a decade and covers economics. Before that, he wrote about Wall Street and banking for The Times, and also served as European economic correspondent in Paris.
