Billionaire Wilderness (Justin Farrell)

Author:: Justin Farrell
Narrator:: John Chancer
Content:: Unabridged (chapter list)
Length:: 12:26 h
Format:: MP3 download (514 MB)
Language:: English
Publisher:: Princeton University Press (2020)
Genre:: Social Science
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01 - Opening Anno, Introduction Setting off into the Wilderness	74:00	51 MB
02 - Part 1, How We Got Here and What It Feels Like, Chapter 1 - New Nation of the Ultra-Wealthy	44:17	30 MB
03 - Chapter 2 - Mount Billionaire	64:22	44 MB
04 - Part 2, Using Nature to Solve Economic Dilemmas, Chapter 3 - Compensation Conservation	45:54	31 MB
05 - Chapter 4 - Connoisseur Conservation	52:32	35 MB
06 - Chapter 5 - Gilded Green Philanthropy	40:32	28 MB
07 - Chapter 6 - Moneyfest Destiny	55:48	37 MB
08 - Part 3, Using Rural People to Solve Social Dilemmas, Chapter 7 - Becoming Rural Poor, Naturally	91:36	62 MB
09 - Chapter 8 - Guilt Numbed	46:42	32 MB
10 - Chapter 8 - Continued	44:09	30 MB
11 - Part 4, Ultra-Wealth Through the Eyes of the Working Poor, Chapter 9 - No Time for Judgment	61:47	42 MB
12 - Chapter 10 - Cracking the Veneer	87:18	59 MB
13 - Epilogue The Future of Wealth and the West	27:33	19 MB
14 - Acknowledgements, Closing Anno	10:25	7 MB

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Summary

This audiobook narrated by John Chancer takes you to Teton County, Wyoming, where the ultra-wealthy romanticize rural poverty and leverage the natural world to ascend even higher on the socioeconomic ladder
Billionaire Wilderness takes you inside the exclusive world of the ultra-wealthy, showing how today's richest people are using the natural environment to solve the existential dilemmas they face. Justin Farrell spent five years in Teton County, Wyoming, the richest county in the United States, and a community where income inequality is the worst in the nation. He conducted hundreds of in-depth interviews, gaining unprecedented access to tech CEOs, Wall Street financiers, oil magnates, and other prominent figures in business and politics. He also talked with the rural poor who live among the ultra-wealthy and often work for them. The result is a penetrating account of the far-reaching consequences of the massive accrual of wealth, and an eye-opening and sometimes troubling portrait of a changing American West where romanticizing rural poverty and conserving nature can be lucrative—socially as well as financially.
Weaving unforgettable storytelling with thought-provoking analysis, Billionaire Wilderness reveals how the ultra-wealthy are buying up the land and leveraging one of the most pristine ecosystems in the world to climb even higher on the socioeconomic ladder. The affluent of Teton County are people burdened by stigmas, guilt, and status anxiety—and they appropriate nature and rural people to create more virtuous and deserving versions of themselves. Incisive and compelling, Billionaire Wilderness reveals the hidden connections between wealth concentration and the environment, two of the most pressing and contentious issues of our time.

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