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For decades, a secret army of tax attorneys, accountants and wealth managers has been developing into the shadowy Wealth Defence Industry. These 'agents of inequality' are paid millions to hide trillions for the richest 0.01%. In this book, inequality expert Chuck Collins, who himself inherited a fortune, interviews the leading players and gives a unique insider account of how this industry is doing everything it can to create and entrench hereditary dynasties of wealth and power. He exposes the inner workings of these "agents of inequality", showing how they deploy anonymous shell companies, family offices, offshore accounts, opaque trusts, and sham transactions to ensure the world's richest pay next to no tax. He ends by outlining a robust set of policies that democratic nations can implement to shut down the Wealth Defence Industry for good. This shocking exposé of the insidious machinery of inequality is essential reading for anyone wanting the inside story of our age of plutocratic plunder and stashed cash.

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: Time to Come Home -- PART I: BORN ON THIRD BASE -- 1. I Heart the 1 Percent -- 2. Proceed with Empathy -- 3. Cracking Hearts Open -- PART II: SEEING OUR COMMONWEALTH -- 4. I Didn't Do It Alone -- 5. In the Same Boat: On the Road with Bill Gates -- PART III: UNDERSTANDING ADVANTAGE -- 6. The Privilege Drug -- 7. The Greatest Subsidized Generation -- 8. Black Wealth, Brown Wealth, White Wealth -- 9. Unequal Opportunity -- PART IV: UNNECESSARY SIDE TRIPS -- 10. Miro in the Bathroom: Encounters with the Charitable Industrial Complex -- 11. When Charity Disrupts Justice -- PART V: WEALTH, COME HOME -- 12. The Moment We Are In -- 13. A Stake in the Common Good -- 14. Neighborhood Real Security -- 15. Community Resilience -- 16. Bringing Wealth Home -- 17. Openhearted Wealth -- PART VI: THE INVITATIONS -- 18. Wealthy, Come Home -- 19. All Hands on Deck -- Conclusion: I'm from Bloomfield Hills -- Acknowledgments -- Resources -- Notes -- About the Author.

"We are the 99%" is the rallying cry of millions of people involved in the "Occupy Wall Street" movement. This is the first book to pull together in once place detailed information about the 1% and the 99% in all realms of society, the causes and consequences of this deep inequality, and what can be done about it. Chuck Collins has long been one of the world's top writers, speakers, and activists on this topic.

This updated edition of the widely touted Economic Apartheid in America looks at the causes and manifestations of wealth disparities in the United States, including tax policy in light of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts and recent corporate scandals. Published with two leading organizations dedicated to addressing economic inequality, the book looks at recent changes in income and wealth distribution and examines the economic policies and shifts in power that have fueled the growing divide. Praised by Sojurners as "a clear blueprint on how to combat growing inequality," Economic Apartheid in Americ

Introduction: Caviar, College, Coupons, and Cheese / Felice Yeskel -- Part I. Poor and low income: Cleaning Up the Trash : Fighting Shame / Linda Stout. North American Peasant / Fisher Lavell. I Work with Worn-Out Tools / Janet Lightfoot. Mexican Girl from Fontana / Geneva Reynaga-Abiko. What They Say about Poor Girls / Stephanie Jones. Better Than / Patience Rage. No Yellow Tickets : The Stigma of Poverty in the School Lunch Line / Wendy Williams -- Part II. Working class: Reflections (Those of Us from Rio Linda / Dwight Lang. The Cost of Passing / John Rosario-Perez. The Floors of the Met / Karen Estrella. Washroom Class Politics / Timothy Harris. Artichokes / N. Jeanne Burns. Here's How to Drive the Poor Crazy / Michaelann Bewsee. Red Datsun Security / Karen Spector) ; Working class and college (A Box from My Grandfather / Janet Casey. Vacuum Cleaner Truth / Sierra Fleenor. I Am Working Class / Michelle M. Tokarczyk. Hitting the Academic Class Ceiling / K. Stricker. Blue-Collar Heart, Ivy League World / Jennifer O'Connor Duffy. Between Scarcity and Plenty / Camisha Jones. A Nuyorican's Journey to Higher Education : Toward Meritocracy or Internalized Classism? / Jim Bonilla. My Parents' Hands Are on My Back / Christine Overall) -- Part III. Middle class: "Better Be Street" : My Adventures in Cross-Class Romance / Polly Trout. It's Who You Know and How You Talk / Betsy Leondar-Wright. Childhood Friendship : When Class Didn't Matter / Pamela Burrows. Finding Myself in the Middle / Monica Crumback. A Privileged Path in a Class-Shattered World / Anne Ellinger. Oreo? : A Black American Experience / John Vaughn. Class Is Always with Us / Kyle Harris -- Part IV. Owning class: Born on Third Base / Chuck Collins. Money Was Never a Worry / Catherine Orland. The Women Who Cared for My Grandparents / Sarah Burgess. What Was It Like Growing Up Owning-Class? / Jennifer Ladd. A Day of Traveling across the Class Spectrum / Charlotte Redway. Social Capital / Sally Gottesman -- Part V. Mixed class: Coming Clean / April Rosenblum. Ferragamos : A Cross-Class Experience / Zoe Greenberg. Girl Scout Green / Mariah Boone. Living beyond Class : My Journey from Haiti to Harvard / Jacques Fleury -- Afterword: The Power of Story / Chuck Collins