Getting away with it? Exposing the geographies of the super-rich

Geoforum

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 401-407

  Beaverstock, Jonathan V ^a   Hubbard, Philip ^a   Short, John Rennie ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Income inequality; Super rich; Wealth

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GLOBALIZATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 3042578770     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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