Teknologi terus melaju dalam lompatan-lompatan -- demikian pula ketidaksetaraan ekonomi, kata penulis Chrystia Freeland. Dalam penyampaian yang menyentuh, ia memaparkan bangkitnya kelas baru plutokrat (mereka yang sangat berkuasa karena sangat makmur), dan menyingkapkan bahwa globalisasi dan teknologi baru sebenarnya memperlebar, dan bukannya menutup, jurang pendapatan global. Freeland mengungkapkan tiga masalah plutokrasi ... dan seberkas harapan.

Bangkitnya Kalangan Super-kaya Global Baru

Economic inequality is skyrocketing as technology and globalization create vast fortunes for a select few, leaving the middle class increasingly hollowed out. The wealth of the top 0.1 percent in the United States now rivals where the top 1 percent was just decades ago, and two billionaires once held as much wealth as the bottom 40 percent combined. While globalization has lifted millions out of poverty worldwide, it has also outsourced jobs from Western economies and weakened social mobility. Real change will require ambitious new policies to ensure prosperity is widely shared.