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It frames wealth as shifting across eras and societies, illustrated through social archetypes from aristocrats and industrialists to entertainers and oil millionaires. The narrative contrasts the decline of old European land-based elites with new wealth created under surviving free-enterprise systems, highlighting how taxes and regulation affect fortunes differently. It also situates the United States as a major arena for making and keeping wealth.","一eryKichAHISTORYOF WEALTHBy Joseph J.Thodike,J  \nA HISTORY OF WEALTH  \nH ver since most of us were old enoughto covet twe've enioved reveries ofto covet,we ve enjoyed reveries ofriches:digging up Captain Kidd's booty(providentially interred in our backyard);cornering the bubble-gum market;inherit-ing Kuwait.  \nBut what has it really been like for thosewho did get rich?  \nAre there any guidelines for making tonsof money?For spending it?Should societyput limits on how much one person can pileup?How much is too much?There's an oldand equivocal saying,\"You can tell what theLord thinks of money by the people He givesit to.”But what manner of people are therich of every age?  \nAnswers to just such questions are pro-vided in this American Heritage PublishingCompany history.  \nTHE VERY RICH is not a book of econom-ics.It is rich with stories of people in all ageswho have been blessed,cursed,or possessedby huge fortunes.It concentrates on personal  \nContinued on back flap  \nDigitized by the lntemet Archivein 2009  \nhtp:/www.archive org/details/veryrichhistoryooothor  \n# THEVERY RICH\n\nA HISTORY OF WEALTH  \n# THEVERY RICH\n\nA HISTORY OF WEALTH  \nBY JOSEPH J.THORNDIKE,JR.  \nCopyigha ⑧197%by Amerwan Hfernue Pubil ung Co.Ie AInights reucned Prined in the Umted SatesofArneraa Nu par ofthes puhlicaton may bereproduced.storedin a n(trieal vsrm,ortransmuted.i any form or byany means.celetronu,nchancal.photocopvine rcordng.or outherwse.wuhout the prur wrutenpermusion cf the puhlsher,txeps an the case of brwcl paaesquoted inconnetson wutheritw al artacles or reviews  \nPUBLISHED BY AMERICAN HERITAGE PUBLISHING CO.,INC.,NEW YORKBOOK TRADE DISTRIBUTION BY CROWN PUBLISHERS,INC.  \nLibrary of Congress Caalogung in Publeatwon lanaThorndikeJosephJ1913-The very ru h.Includes index.  \n1.Wealth 2.Milhonaires.I TitkeIC79 W4T530L44176-225781SBN517-52810-X  \n179  \nCONTENTS  \n1 PRIVATE FORTUNES4A PORTFOLIO:WEALTHINHISTORY252 WEALTH FROM LAND36APORTFOLIO:THE ENGUSH LANDEDGENTRY633 WEALTHFROM NATURAL RESOURCES74APORTFOLIO:WHAT AWAYTOGO!1034 WEALTH FROMTRADE118A PORTFOLIO:THE GOODLIFEOFTHE DUTCH1415 WEALTH FROM FINANCE148A PORTFOLIO:THE WEALTHY PATRONS1816 WEALTH FROM TALENT by Peter Andrews192APORTFOLIO:SOME WHIMS OFTHE VERY RICH2237 WEALTHFROM THE INDUSTRIALREVOLUTION236APORTFOLIO:THE GILDED AGE2698 WEALTHFROMMODERNINDUSTRY by Ralph Andrist282A PORTFOLIO:THE AFFLUENTLIFE3139 WEALTH&SOCIETY328ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INDEX344  \n1001.PRIVATE FORTUNES  \nA PARADE OFFORTUNE  \nImagine yourself a very old croupier at a roulettetable in the casino at Monte Carlo.When you firstwent to work at the casino in the early years of thiscentury,many of the seats around the table were oc-cupied by titled aristocrats from the countries ofEurope,especially England and Russia.Scatteredamong them were a few nouveaux-riches industri-alists from Germany,France,and Belgium,an oc-casional maharajah,and always the Aga Khan.At times there might be an American such asJames Gordon Bennett,Jr.,the free-spending heir ofa newspaper fortune,or Charles M.Schwab,theebullient new president of United States Steel.Withthe Revolution of 1917 the Russian nobles disap-peared,and after World Waritherewere fewer prin-ces of the European royal houses.In the 1930's youbegan to see celebrities of the entertainment worldsuch as Noel Coward,Maurice Chevalier,andCharlie Chaplin.After World War i the Englishmilords were suddenly among the missing,butHollywood moguls like Jack Warner and DarrylZanuck had taken their places,as well as SouthAmerican playboys with names like Bebe and Coco.Bythe1950's oil millionaires from Texas were tryingto break the bank.Bythe sixties the biggest yachts inthe harbor below the casino belonged to Grecks,andone of them had actually bought the casino.Now,inthe 1970's,you,the ancient croupier,look about youat a new set of faces:the princes and oil sheiks ofArabia.  \nWatching this parade of spenders,you wouldprobably conclude that wealth is a transitory thingindeed.Certainly it is true that in th","cbCailxs4aeFGHRk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailxs4aeFGHRk","pdf",26056448,1,360,"English","en",105,"# Contents\n## Private Fortunes\n## A Portfolio: Wealth in History\n## Wealth from Land\n## A Portfolio: The English Landed Gentry\n## Wealth from Natural Resources\n## A Portfolio: What Away to Go!\n## Wealth from Trade\n## A Portfolio: The Good Life of the Dutch\n## Wealth from Finance","[{\"question\":\"What kind of book is THE VERY RICH, and what does it emphasize?\",\"answer\":\"THE VERY RICH is presented as rich with stories of people who were blessed, cursed, or possessed huge fortunes, concentrating on personal narratives rather than serving as a pure economics book.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the text describe how the owners of wealth change over time?\",\"answer\":\"Wealth is portrayed as transitory across the twentieth century, with titled 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