Description
From New York Times business reporter Nelson D. Schwartz comes a bold and urgent investigation of division between the wealthy and the middle class n every arena of American life. In nearly every realm of daily life--from health care to education, highways to home security--there is an invisible velvet rope that divides how Americans live. On one side of the rope, for a price, red tape is cut, lines are jumped, appointments are secured, and doors are opened. On the other side, middle- and working-class Americans fight to find an empty seat on the plane, a place in line with their kids at the amusement park, a college acceptance, or a hospital bed.
We are all aware of the gap between the rich and everyone else, but when we weren't looking, business innovators stepped in to exploit it, shifting services away from the masses and finding new ways to profit by serving the privileged. And as decision-makers and corporate leaders increasingly live on the friction-free side of the velvet rope, they are less inclined to change--or even notice--the obstacles everyone else must contend with. Schwartz's must read book takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of this new reality and shows the toll the velvet rope divide takes on society.
Author: Nelson D. Schwartz
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 02/09/2021
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780525435655
ISBN10: 0525435654
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Economic History
- Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity
- Political Science | Political Ideologies | Democracy
We are all aware of the gap between the rich and everyone else, but when we weren't looking, business innovators stepped in to exploit it, shifting services away from the masses and finding new ways to profit by serving the privileged. And as decision-makers and corporate leaders increasingly live on the friction-free side of the velvet rope, they are less inclined to change--or even notice--the obstacles everyone else must contend with. Schwartz's must read book takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of this new reality and shows the toll the velvet rope divide takes on society.
Author: Nelson D. Schwartz
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 02/09/2021
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780525435655
ISBN10: 0525435654
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Economic History
- Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity
- Political Science | Political Ideologies | Democracy
About the Author
NELSON SCHWARTZ has worked as a business reporter at The New York Times since 2007 and currently covers economics.