Class and Money in America
While I'm waiting for the 1,951 e-mails collected in my inbox over the weekend to download, I'm reading this great article on Stephen Schwarzman in the New York Times.
Pumpkin quote:
"There is no real class structure in New York anymore, just relative degrees of publicity," said Michael M. Thomas, a former partner at Lehman Brothers and an author of novels about class and money on Wall Street. "Some people find that a more acceptable form of class system because it is easier to manipulate."
And I think that's right. Where we previously had war heros, aristocrats, and old money, today we have celebrities, CEOs, and self-made billionaires.
