Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-260) and index
The birth of a nation -- Butler boot camp : housetraining the new rich -- The third wave : the era of the instapreneur -- Making it : Ed Bazinet, king of the ceramic village -- Living it : Tim Blixseth -- Losing it : Pete Musser -- Barbarians in the ballroom : new money vs. old -- Size really does matter : "my boat is bigger than your boat" -- Performance philanthropy : giving for results -- Move over, Christian Coalition : the new political kingmakers -- Worried wealth : the trouble with money -- Aristokids : we'll always have Paris -- The wealth gap and the future of Richistan
Journeys inside the world of America's new breed of multimillionaires to explore the real world of new money and its influence on American culture, society, and politics