The Rich

One and Done (for Now) After Reading Certain Novelists

Dave Astor | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Ernest Hemingway, Congress, George W. Bush, The Magnificent Ambersons, Cars, The Rich, Pulitzer Prize, Louisa May Alcott, Midwest, Robert Penn Warren, Novels, Racism, Muriel Spark, Economic Inequality, Booth Tarkington, Indiana, Books News

Of course, not reading more of an author is a no-brainer when you thoroughly dislike the first novel you try by him or her. But things get trickier when you have some positive feelings about a book, as I did with The Magnificent Ambersons.

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When a Novel's Main Character Is Unlikable

Dave Astor | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Edith Wharton, Women's Rights, Unsympathetic Characters, Politics, Materialism, Unsympathetic Literary Characters, Big Business, Novels, Harry Potter, Bad People, The Rich, Books News

With all the bad people in real-life politics and big business, do we really want to read about bad people in novels?

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Hate the Rich? Try Applauding Them!

The Relentless Conservative | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Taxes, The Rich, Wallace Wattles, Liberals, Think and Grow Rich, Bill Gates, Limousine Liberals Warren Buffett, Russians, Napoleon Hill, Politics News

If Liberals can, for just one moment, try to mind their own business, perhaps focusing on bettering themselves financially instead of bringing everybody else down, maybe, just maybe, we can right our shaky economy and get on the path to prosperity once again.

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The Rich Won't Speak For Themselves. So I'll Step Up.

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Taxes, Greed, The Rocking Horse Winner, Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, Michael Milken, The Rich, Politics News

Do the top one percent of American taxpayers truly believe that the government should shut down if we increase their taxes by what amounts to a rounding error? They're conspicuously silent of late.

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'Butler School': High-End Servant Industry Makes A Comeback

BusinessWeek | Max Abelson | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Chefs, Butler School, Housekeepers, The Rich, Maids, Butlers, Business News

The resurgence of rich people has triggered a rebirth elsewhere in the industry. "When we hit last summer, that's when all of a sudden the economy rea...

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Senior Bashing Is Back in Season

Bernard Starr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Entitlements, Congress, Benefits, Aging, Social Security, Surplus, The Rich, War, Recession, Seniors, Trust Fund, National Debt, Corporations, David Brooks, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Politics News

How can Social Security possibly reduce debt? It might sound too good to be true. But in this case, it is true.

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New York Times Fuels War Against The Middle Class

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Rich, Andrew Cuomo, Class Warfare, Wall Street, Taxes, Inflation, Union, The New York Times, Public Workers, Wages, Middle Class, Collective Bargaining, New York, Pensions, New York News

Apparently, the New York Times has decided nobody should count on decent pensions, health care, and decent wages as part of a decent standard of living in the future. All that is just too "generous."

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Wealthy People Have Harder Time Detecting Others' Emotions: Study

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business News, Tax Cuts, Emotions, Education, Wealthy, Income, The Rich, Psychological Science, Michael Kraus, Upper Class, Business News

Rich people don't choose to be rude. They simply can't help it. Affluent people -- in terms of income, social status and education -- have trouble de...

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After Obama-GOP Tax Deal, AFL-CIO's Trumka Seeks to Rally Liberals to Save Medicare, Social Security

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, White House, Gop, House, Medicare, Obama, Afl-Cio, Senate, Tax Deal, Labor, Estate Tax, The Rich, Business News

Will labor and progressive groups have the financial and organizational power to fight an ascendant GOP and outside pro-business conservative groups?

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'Heiress Camps' Teach The Wealthy About Money

Newsweek | Nancy Cook | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Private Wealth Management, Wealth, The Rich, Heiress Camps, Rich Camp, Billionaires, Wealthy Americans, Wealth Managment, Estate Tax, Bush Tax Cuts, Business News

These financial seminars are fairly secretive. The firms and banks do not want outsiders to know which millionaires or billionaires attended, nor will...

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The New American Oligarchy: Creating a Country of the Rich, by the Rich, and for the Rich

Andy Kroll | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizens United, Chamber of Commerce, Tax Cuts for the Rich, Midterm Elections, The Rich, Campaign Spending, American Oligarchy, Politics News

You can't understand how the rich seized control of American politics, and arguably American society, without understanding how a small group of Americans got so much money in the first place.

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First Step: Define the Problem

Frank Dwyer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corporations, Lobbyists, Tax Cuts, The Economy, Democracy, Citizens Uniting, Republicans, The Rich, Politics News

I'm rich! I've worked hard to make America my cow! Her milk is mine!...

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The Bigger Shame: The Rich Got Richer

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Greed, Class Warfare, Wall Street, Taxes, Working Life, The Rich, Politics News

Respectfully, we can rage about the spectacle of bonuses on Wall Street, but the real crime is this: while a fiscal crisis mushrooms, the richest Americans are let off the hook.

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Tom Wolfe: The Rich Have Feelings Too - Vanity Fair

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Wolfe, Do the Rich Have Feelings, The Rich, Bonfire of the Vanities, Vanity Fair, Business News

Do the rich have feelings too? In the latest issue of Vanity Fair, Tom Wolfe, who famously chronicled the buyout kings of the 1980s in The Bonfire Of ...

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Here's Why Nice Work Pays Much Better

Christina Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salaries, Work, Politicians, The Arts, Wages, Bankers, Doctors, Happiness, The Rich, Business News

Politicians basically agree with the bankers. They think that the most highly educated people in our society are the ones most likely to operate on a base level of animal greed.

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Governor Paterson, Have You Lost Your Moral Compass?

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fairness, The Rich, Class Warfare, Taxes, David Paterson, Pensions, New York Budget, New York State Budget, Paterson Budget, Politics News

It's regular people who had nothing to do with this financial disaster who continue to take the hit. In New York, Paterson's new budget takes aim at workers and lets the rich of the hook.

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the daily szep- The Woes of Wall Street

Paul Szep | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Political Cartoon, Humor, The Rich, Money, Political Humor, Economy, Pigs, Cartoon, Animal Farm, Political Cartoons, Home News

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We Have Plenty Of Money -- The Rich Are Killing Us

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Change, Class Warfare, Health Care, Taxes, The Rich, Progressive Taxation, Progressive Taxes, Wealthy, Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, Wealth, Wealthy Americans, Politics News

While our country is disintegrating, the rich are hiding. They are hiding behind a decades-long ideology that paralyzes the political system from being serious about what the rich should pay.

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The Mansion Trap

Vicky Ward | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Billionaires, Hearst Castle, Veronica Hearst. Randy Hearst, Patti Hearst, Society, The Rich, Hearst, Mansions, Homes, Real Estate, Business, Princess Diana, Business News

On February 25 of this year, the famed Hearst residence Villa Venezia was foreclosed on for $22 million. It was revealed that Veronica Hearst was $45 million in debt and was living a life she could not afford.

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