Article: WHERE POWER LIES; NONFICTION: David Rothkopf takes us to New York, Chile, Switzerland and Russia to hobnob with the world's string-pulling heavy-weights -- the "superclass.".(ENTERTAINMENT)

Byline: LAWRENCE R. JACOBS

Special to the Star Tribune

Your life is not in your hands. A small number of jet-setting movers and shakers dictate your job, your standard of living, the car you drive and even the religion you practice. Most of the uber bosses pull the levers of power from the shadows of global institutions. If you are thinking that your boss or your governor or senator calls the shots, get used to a new world order. Government and business as we have known it are heading for the trash bin of history to make way for a new order based on informal networks and decision by fiat.

This unsettling conclusion comes from David Rothkopf's ...

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