Review
peter s. goodman
HUFFINGTON
09.23.12
Uber-Rich
Porn
by
Peter S.
Goodman
HuffPost executive
business editor
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B
ACK IN THE QUAINT TIMES of the previous economic
age — the era before private jets and Manhattan socialites struggling to subsist on mere tens of millions of
dollars a year — rich people generally understood that
they were rich primarily by dint of lucky happenstance.
Most had been born into well-endowed families, ensuring their lasting material comfort, and they tended to
accept an accompanying social responsibility: They were
expected to share some of the spoils with the less fortunate via public works. Those who did not abide risked