Uneasy Street - The Anxieties of Affluence Sherman RachelPaperback
Uneasy Street - The Anxieties of Affluence Sherman RachelPaperback A surprising and revealing look at how today's elite view their wealth and place in societyFrom TV's "real housewives" to The Wolf…
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Uneasy Street - The Anxieties of Affluence Sherman RachelPaperback
A surprising and revealing look at how today's elite view their wealth and place in societyFrom TV's "real housewives" to The Wolf of Wall Street, our popular culture portrays the wealthy as materialistic and entitled. In this penetrating book, Rachel Sherman draws on rare in-depth interviews that she conducted with fifty affluent New Yorkers--from hedge fund financiers and artists to stay-at-home mothers--to examine their lifestyle choices and understanding of privilege. But what do we really know about those who live on "easy street"?
Instead, these liberal elites, who believe in diversity and meritocracy, feel conflicted about their position in a highly unequal society. Sherman upends images of wealthy people as invested only in accruing social advantages for themselves and their children. As the distance between rich and poor widens, Uneasy Street not
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