Superwealth

by Max Borders

Should we worry about the so-called "wealth gap"? No, argues Max Borders in this powerful book. Weaving threads of narrative, fascinating thought experiments and sharp logic, Borders offers Superwealth: Why we should stop worrying about the gap between rich and poor. Borders’s case is not just an answer to Occupy Wall Street and inequality fetishists of the intellectual salon, it is an antidote to status quo thinking.

At a time when our political and economic discourse is stuck in old dualisms, Borders’s vision of change is strikingly optimistic. He cuts the Gordian knot of wealth and want with keen thinking. He carries the reader with elegant prose. Superwealth readers who really care about the poor will discover that government is not God, attacking entrepreneurs is counterproductive, and we are at our best when we build community from the bottom up.

“Whether it’s tacos in Texas, tomatoes in California or dentistry in North Carolina,” says economist Lawrence Reed, “nobody grabs and keeps your attention better than Max Borders does in this destined-to-be-a-classic volume.”

Genres: Economics

295 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2012