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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Plutonomy

New term for me here, not quite the same as a plutocracy.

Plutonomy -
Economic growth that is powered and consumed by the wealthiest upper class of society. Plutonomy refers to a society where the majority of the wealth is controlled by an ever-shrinking minority; as such, the economic growth of that society becomes dependent on the fortunes of that same wealthy minority. source

Democratic Underground: Citigroup's Shocking 'Plutonomy' Reports

2 comments:

Glynn Kalara said...

How many homes, yachts, jewels and whores can a really rich guy use anyway is the big ? on every merchant to the wealthys lips

Jim Sande said...

Apparently there is never enough homes, yachts, islands, or whores. It could be that the super rich are the most mentally impoverished group ever.