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Article: On being Superclass.(Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making)(Brief article)
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- Journal of International Affairs
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- September 22, 2008
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Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making
David Rothkopf
(New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008), 376 pages.
If current economic conditions were not enough to test one's tolerance of elitism, Superclass will. David Rothkopf typifies the elite Davos Man, the archetypal participant at the World Economic Forum's annual alpine event. For the reader without firsthand knowledge of ski slope diplomacy, Superclass gives a rare insider's glimpse into the world of the rich and powerful, whose decisions impact the rest of humanity Rothkopf's own global connections from an expansive career in international advisory and finance ...