David Rothkopf

Club De Los Elegidos, El David Rothkopf Spanish, Tra edition

Lejos de enfoques sensacionalistas, Superclass realiza un apasionante análisis del papel que tiene en nuestras vidas la nueva elite global que nos gobierna. Son seis mil en un mundo de seis mil millones, poderosos procedentes de diversos ámbitos que dirigen gobiernos, finanzas, corporaciones internacionales, medios de comunicación, movimientos religiosos y, en la sombra, organizaciones criminales y terroristas. Sus decisiones crean o destruyen empleos, marcan la dirección del mercado, levantan o hacen caer gobiernos. ¿Quiénes son y cómo han llegado a detentar un poder tan desmesurado? ¿Contribuyen a la estabilidad de gobiernos y economías? ¿Existe una relación entre la desigual distribución de riqueza y la desigual distribución de poder? Un título de lectura imprescindible para todos aquellos que desean prepararse para un futuro en el que la naciones-estado no serán capaces de garantizar los derechos humanos tal como los conocemos. / Each of them is one in a million. They number six thousand on a planet of six billion. They run our governments, our largest corporations, the powerhouses of international finance, the media, world religions, and, from the shadows, the worlds most dangerous criminal and terrorist organizations. They are the global superclass, and they are shaping the history of our time. Todays superclass has achieved unprecedented levels of wealth and power. They have globalized more rapidly than any other group. But do they have more in common with one another than with their own countrymen, as nationalist critics have argued? They control globalization more than anyone else. But has their influence fed the growing economic and social inequity that divides the world? What happens behind closeddoor meetings in Davos or aboard corporate jets at 41,000 feet? Conspiracy or collaboration? Deal-making or idle self-indulgence? What does the rise of Asia and Latin America mean for the conventional wisdom that shapes our destinies? Who sets the rules for a group that operates beyond national laws? Drawn from scores of exclusive interviews and extensive original reporting, Superclass answers all of these questions and more. It draws back the curtain on a privileged society that most of us know little about, even though it profoundly affects our everyday lives. It is the first in-depth examination of the connections between the global communities of leaders who are at the helm of every major enterprise on the planet and control its greatest wealth. And it is an unprecedented examination of the trends within the superclass, which are likely to alter our politics, our institutions, and the shape of the world in which we live.