Copyright © 2011 by Robert Frank

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Grateful acknowledgment is made to Dan Sheridan for permission to use an excerpt from “Big Money Ruins Everything,” words and music by Dan Sheridan, Aspen, CO. Reprinted by permission.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Frank, Robert, 1968–
The high-beta rich : how the manic wealthy will take us to the next boom, bubble, and bust / Robert Frank.—1st ed.
p.   cm.
1. Wealth—United States.  2. Rich people—United States.  3. Millionaires—United States.  4. Business cycles—United States.  5. Recessions—United States.  6. Financial crises—United States.  I. Title.
HC110.W4F735    2011
330.973′0931—dc23           2011019319

eISBN: 978-0-307-58991-0

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