he Trouble with Billionaires

and Brooks combine satirical bite with impeccable research to explain that ever-increasing income inequality is the product of a global legal and economic system that has been rigged by the wealthiest. With disastrous consequences for the rest of us, from wild financial speculation to failing health, it is time for society to fight back. Arguing that instead of "austerity" - a strategy the authors decry as a flawed effort to shore up a failing economic paradigm - we should tackle tax havens, executive pay levels, patent law, and lax regulation, this incisive but lively polemic is a clarion call to arms, which points to a simple solution worth fighting for: tax the rich, they deserve it!