To understand the ultra wealthy, read a recent Atlantic article on Jeff Bezos. And then read Fitzgerald’s “A Diamond as Big as the Ritz.”
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Bezos and the Diamond as Big as the Ritz
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The Rich Complain about Shaming
Some wealthy Americans are receiving therapy to make them feel better about their riches. Swift would have something to say about this, as would F. Scott Fitzgerald and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.
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The Rich Are Different from You and Me
Fitzgerald’s insights into the rich help us understand Mitt Romney (and John F. Kennedy also).
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