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Introduction

Imagine a Britain where everyone's height was a measure of their household income...

The Rolex Archipelago

The rich are globalised. They have founded a country made up of millions of small islands scattered all over the world.

Blurb

Why the book exists and what it's about.

Subjects and Themes

What you'll find between the covers.

Facts and figures

Some of the surpising and shocking facts that emerged while the book was being researched.

Subjects and Themes

  • Who thinks who is rich?

  • The few roads to a fortune

  • Absolute monarchs

  • Why the rich need royalty

  • Preserving the family fortune - all the way to 'generation three'

  • Is Osama bin Laden a celeb?

  • The Star System - Prosperity among the paupers

  • The boardroom bonanza

  • Fixing your own pay-rise

  • Hedge funds, equity funds, wealth managers and vultures

  • Making money make money

  • Fraudsters, pilfering plutocrats and the politicians' pals

  • Grand corruption: Defenders of freedom or murderous kleptocrats?

  • How the rich reproduce themselves

  • Tom Brown's public schooldays and the oiks

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