Some people have so much money they don’t know what to do with it – while most of us scrimp and save just to get by. Mark Engler reflects on the vulgar reality of extreme wealth.
Let us take a moment to reflect on the vulgar reality of extreme wealth…
In the 1930s, during the depths of the Great Depression, populist Louisiana politician Huey Long inserted some pointed questions into the barnstorming speeches he gave across the US. Addressing audiences of manual labourers and the unemployed, he asked how many of his male listeners owned at least four suits of clothes.
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