The Puzzle of the Temporarily Embarrassed Billionaire
5 min readMar 24, 2020
We don’t talk about wealth the way we used to five or ten years ago. Occupy Wall Street changed the vernacular when the movement popularized the term “the one per cent” to describe a wealthy elite with supranational power and goals. Now the word “oligarchy” is making its way into mainstream discussions, and more people are beginning to pay attention to exactly what that all that money can buy…