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Only the Rich Can Play by David Wessel is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Only the Rich Can Play about?

In a Winners Take All meets This Town narrative, a New York Times bestselling author tells the story of the creation of a massive tax break, in which political and economic elites attend to the care and feeding of the super-rich, and inequality compounds. David Wessel's incredible tale of how Washington works-and why the rich keep getting richer-starts when a Silicon Valley entrepreneur concocts an idea that will save money on his taxes and spins it as a way to ostensibly help poor people. He organizes and pays for an effective lobbying effort that pushes his idea into law with little scrutiny or fine-tuning by congressional or Treasury tax experts-and few safeguards against abuse. With an unbeatable pair of high-profile sponsors, bumper-sticker simplicity and deft political marketing, the Opportunity Zone became an unnoticed part of the 2017 Trump tax bill. The gold rush followed immediately thereafter. David Wessel follows the... Title Page 2 Copyright 3 Dedication 7 Introduction 9 1 And You Don’t Have to Die... 13 2 Wizards of OZ: Sean Parker and the EIG Boys 25 3 The Brains 39 4 Once Upon a Time on the Isle of Dogs 53 5 A Bill Is Born 67 6 An Archipelago of Tax Hav

Author

David Wessel

Publisher

PublicAffairs

Language

EN