Carl Rhodes 
Stinking Rich 
The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire

From Occupy Wall Street to ‘tax-the-rich’ activism, there has been growing resistance to the unearned wealth and power commanded by the billionaire class – an ultra-elite social class who have sequestered the world’s wealth while others languish in poverty and hunger.
How do they get away with it?
Coupled with their immense financial resources, a set of inter-connected myths portray billionaires as a ‘force for good’:
• Heroic billionaires
• Generous billionaires
• Meritorious billionaires
• Vigilante billionaires
These archetypes are allowing billionaire wealth and power to set us back to old-style feudalism and plutocracy.
Offering a trenchant critique of the new breed of billionaires, this incisive book testifies to the growing political will worldwide to take concrete actions to support economic justice and democratic equality.

Table of Content

Foreword by Joel Bakan
1. The Righteous Rich
2. Money and Power
3. The Myth of the Heroic Billionaire
4. The Myth of the Generous Billionaire
5. The Myth of the Meritorious Billionaire
6. The Myth of the Vigilante Billionaire
7. Reasons for Hope

About the author

Carl Rhodes is Professor of Organization Studies at the University of Technology Sydney. He researches the ethical and democratic dimensions of business and work. Carl regularly writes for the mainstream and independent press on issues related to ethics, politics and the economy.