WEALTH VS WORK: HOW 1% VICTIMIZE 99% is about the vanishing American dream, growing inequality in America, victimization of the bottom 99% by the rich and super-rich, economic decline of the nation, and a broken and unstable world surrounding the U.S. The pages in this book span 5,000 years of history. The author is a professor of education at St. Johns University and author of more than 55 books.