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Plutocracy : chronicles of a global monopoly / by Martínez, Abraham,author,illustrator.(CARDINAL)839151; Kane, Montana,translator.(CARDINAL)354240;
2051. The world's largest company, The Company, has seized power on a planetary scale and runs the world as if it were a business. In a plutocracy, the richer one is, the more powerful one is. In this context, an anonymous citizen becomes compelled to uncover how the world came to this situation, without paying any attention to the official version. Several members of the government end up encouraging him to carry out this investigation by giving him access to all information. He decides to discover the true history of The Company and the various interests that are trying to influence his investigation.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Dystopian comics.; Comics (Graphic works); Fiction.; Monopolies; Corporations; Power (Social sciences); Plutocracy;

Plutocracy of the gods. by Hobbs, Seth /(author);
Utterly ambitious in size and scope, this final installment of the Sendyne Empire Trilogy picks right up with the action and intrigue, with a shocking and blood-soaked conclusion, dripping from the blade to the page. Technology is still moving at insane speeds, as the demonic entities, known as the Vannunkye, further their goals by aiding the diabolical genius, Udo the Originator, with everything the Sons of the Planet require to usher in a new age. What Udo and the Cabal do not realize, however, is that many other pieces are in play, and they are not the only chosen agents of chaos that their evil masters may employ.
Subjects: Fantasy.; Fiction.; Betrayal; Space battles; Criminals;

Winners take all : the elite charade of changing the world / by Giridharadas, Anand,author.(CARDINAL)542081;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-276) and index.But how is the world changed? -- Win-win -- Rebel-kings in worrisome berets -- The critic and the thought leader -- Arsonists make the best firefighters -- Generosity and justice -- All that works in the modern world -- Epilogue: "Other people are not your children."Former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age, where the rich and powerful fight for equality and justice any way they can -- except ways that threaten the social order and their position atop it. We see how they rebrand themselves as saviors of the poor; how they lavishly reward "thought leaders" who redefine "change" in winner-friendly ways; and how they constantly seek to do more good, but never less harm. We hear the limousine confessions of a celebrated foundation boss; witness an American president hem and haw about his plutocratic benefactors; and attend a cruise-ship conference where entrepreneurs celebrate their own self-interested magnanimity. Giridharadas asks hard questions: Why, for example, should our gravest problems be solved by the unelected upper crust instead of the public institutions it erodes by lobbying and dodging taxes? He also points toward an answer: Rather than rely on scraps from the winners, we must take on the grueling democratic work of building more robust, egalitarian institutions and truly changing the world. A call to action for elites and everyday citizens alike.
Subjects: Social change; Elite (Social sciences); Plutocracy;

Let them eat tweets : how the Right rules in an age of extreme inequality / by Hacker, Jacob S.,author.(CARDINAL)210952; Pierson, Paul,author.(CARDINAL)380313;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The conservative dilemma -- Republicans embrace plutocracy -- Organizing through outrage -- Identity and plutocracy -- A very civil war -- Tyranny of the (wealthy and extreme) minority -- Conclusion."A groundbreaking account of how the dangerous alliance of right-wing plutocrats and populists threatens the very pillars of American democracy. We often assume that the Republican Party is divided between a tax-cutting old guard and a white-nationalist vanguard-and that with Donald Trump's ascendance, the upstarts are winning. Yet as New York Times best-selling authors Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson demonstrate, plutocrats and populists are now effectively allies in an intensifying fight to lock in America's skyrocketing inequality. Conservative parties can always be expected to side with economic elites, but when faced with popular resistance, they usually allow for policies that benefit the working and middle classes. Yet today's Republicans are an anomaly. Not only are they doubling down on a truly radical, elite-benefitting economic agenda, but even once-respectable conservatives have turned to nativist appeals and racist dog whistles-and, increasingly, to assaults on democracy itself. Drawing on decades of research, Hacker and Pierson offer a new framework for understanding this vicious circle of deregulation and fear-mongering-and show how we can fight it"--
Subjects: Conservatism; Populism; Plutocracy; Polarization (Social sciences);

Ship of fools : how a selfish ruling class is bringing America to the brink of revolution / by Carlson, Tucker,author.(CARDINAL)543847;
In "Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution," Tucker Carlson tells the truth about the new American elites, a group whose power and wealth has grown beyond imagination even as the rest of the country has withered. The people who run America now barely interact with it. They fly on their own planes, ski on their own mountains, watch sporting events far from the stands in sky boxes. They have total contempt for you. "They view America the way a private equity firm sizes up an aging conglomerate," Carlson writes, "as something outdated they can profit from. When it fails, they're gone." In Ship of Fools, Tucker Carlson offers a blistering critique of our new overlords. Traditional liberals are gone, he writes. The patchouli-scented hand-wringers who worried about whales and defended free speech have been replaced by globalists who hide their hard-edged economic agenda behind the smokescreen of identity politics. They'll outsource your job while lecturing you about transgender bathrooms. Left and right, Carlson says, are no longer meaningful categories in America. "The rift is between those who benefit from the status quo, and those who don't." Our leaders are fools, Carlson concludes, "unaware that they are captains of a sinking ship." But in the signature and witty style that viewers of Tucker Carlson Tonight have come to enjoy, his book answers the all-important question: How do we put the country back on course?
Subjects: Elite (Social sciences); Political culture; Plutocracy; Right and left (Political science);

Ship of fools : how a selfish ruling class is bringing America to the brink of revolution [Large print] / by Carlson, Tucker,author.(CARDINAL)543847;
Introduction: Our ship of fools -- The convergence -- Importing a serf class -- Foolish wars -- Shut up, they explained -- The diversity diversion -- Elites invade the bedroom -- They don't pick up trash anymore -- Epilogue: Righting the ship.The popular FOX News star of Tucker Carlson Tonight offers his signature fearless and funny political commentary on how America's ruling class has failed everyday Americans. In Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution, Tucker Carlson tells the truth about the new American elites, a group whose power and wealth has grown beyond imagination even as the rest of the country has withered. The people who run America now barely interact with it. They fly on their own planes, ski on their own mountains, watch sporting events far from the stands in sky boxes. They have total contempt for you. "They view America the way a private equity firm sizes up an aging conglomerate," Carlson writes, "as something outdated they can profit from. When it fails, they're gone." In Ship of Fools, Tucker Carlson offers a blistering critique of our new overlords. Traditional liberals are gone, he writes. The patchouli-scented hand-wringers who worried about whales and defended free speech have been replaced by globalists who hide their hard-edged economic agenda behind the smokescreen of identity politics. They'll outsource your job while lecturing you about transgender bathrooms. Left and right, Carlson says, are no longer meaningful categories in America. "The rift is between those who benefit from the status quo, and those who don't." Our leaders are fools, Carlson concludes, "unaware that they are captains of a sinking ship." But in the signature and witty style that viewers of Tucker Carlson Tonight have come to enjoy, his book answers the all-important question: How do we put the country back on course?
Subjects: Large print books.; Elite (Social sciences); Political culture; Plutocracy; Right and left (Political science);

The crisis of the middle-class constitution : why economic inequality threatens our Republic / by Sitaraman, Ganesh,author.(CARDINAL)399901;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Economic power and political power : the two traditions -- America's middle class constitution -- The emergence of the plutocracy -- The search for solutions --How economic inequality threatens the Republic -- The future of the middle class constitution.
Subjects: Constitutional law; Equality; Income distribution; Middle class; Plutocracy.; Power (Social sciences);

The people's choice, from Washington to Harding; a study in democracy / by Agar, Herbert,1897-1980.(CARDINAL)130309;
Introduction.--pt. 1. Oligarchy.--pt. 2. Democracy.--pt. 3. Plutocracy.--Bibliography (p. [317]-324)
Subjects: Presidents; Democracy.;

Arca / by Jensen, Van,author.(CARDINAL)345810; Delpeche, Patricio,colorist.(CARDINAL)875855; Lonergan, Jesse,artist.(CARDINAL)558107; Widick, Nathan,letterer.; IDW Publishing,publisher.(CARDINAL)562042;
"The world burned. But the rich and powerful...they had a plan. When society fell apart, a select group of billionaires had an escape hatch: a rocket aimed at the nearest habitable planet, a ship equipped with many of the luxuries of life on Earth--why survive if you can't survive in style? Their every need is tended to by teenagers who are willing to act as slaves in return for the promise of a new life. This is a good story. But, like so many stories, it is not true. Inside a great, sealed survival chamber, one slave--a teenage girl named Persephone--discovers that the promised future of comfort is a myth. And with that knowledge, she must fight for her survival against the billionaires, who would gladly kill her to protect the hidden truth."--Publisher marketing.
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Dystopian comics.; Dystopian fiction.; Graphic novels.; Science fiction comics.; Science fiction.; Billionaires; Enslaved persons; Interstellar travel; Plutocracy; Secrecy; Space ships; Teenagers; Secrecy.;

Breaking through power : it's easier than you think / by Nader, Ralph,author.(CARDINAL)153277;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Plutocracy of maximums, democracy of minimums -- To organize is to initiate resistance and change -- Why democracy works."A scathing wake-up call derailing the many ways that wealth manipulates American politics, labor, media, environment and the quality of national life today. By telling the success stories of average Americans, the iconic consumer advocate and big-business anti-hero makes the case about how the nation can--and must--be managed by communities, not corporations. Nader at his best--indignant and inspired"--
Subjects: Democracy; Communities; Power (Social sciences); Wealth; Social justice;

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