"This book is actually about what it feels like to live in the new Gilded Age. Inequality has widened, with a group living far ahead in wealth."
"In 2016, voters expressed hatred for elites yet simultaneously voted for a billionaire, revealing our ambivalent feelings about wealth in America."
Evan Osnos' new collection, "The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich," delves into the phenomenon of extreme wealth in America. The essays, originally published in The New Yorker, investigate the effects of income inequality, particularly during a time when a billionaire occupies the presidency. Osnos notes the paradox of American attitudes toward wealth, where many simultaneously criticize billionaires while aspiring to be one. The collection provides both quantitative insights and qualitative experiences that illustrate the disparities of wealth, making the abstract concept of inequality more tangible for readers.
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