The Rise of Today's Rich and Super-Rich

In this reissue of the 2001 title, The Wealth Creators: The Rise of Today's Rich and Super-Rich, Smith (entrepreneurship and finance, New York U.) offers context on US wealth-creation trends since Forbes first published its list of the wealthiest Americans in 1982. He treats the traits and methods of successful self-made entrepreneurs, entertainers, and others in the boom times wealth culture, as well as changing attitudes and benchmarks of private- sector economic performance. The author concludes that opportunities are now off-shore. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)