title: Wealth Secrets of the One Percent: A Modern Manual to Getting Marvelously, Obscenely Rich
author:  Sam Wilkin 
description: "Want to become "obscenely" rich, as the subtitle of this illuminating book has it? Well, the best bet is to be born that way. The next best bet is to have a "wealth secret," the better-mousetrap sine qua non for building an empire. Economic forecaster Wilkin, head of business research at Oxford Economics, has good fun looking at how some fabulously rich people got to be that way.... Eye-opening."<b><i><i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /></i></b><br /><br />"Wilkin is a knowledgeable guide to the world's greatest fortunes.... Thoughtful, playful prose."<b><i>Bryan Burrough, <em>New York Times Book Review</em></i></b><br /><br />"An amazing read... Get on to one of those [secrets] and you too can light your cigars with $100 bills.."<b><i>Marvin Zonis, Professor Emeritus, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago</i></b><br /><br />"Sam Wilkin combs history for a provocative and well-written account of the secrets of wealth formation. Just reading this book will make you richer."<b><i>Darrell M. West, Vice President of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and author of <i>Billionaires: Reflections on the Upper Crust</i></i></b><br /><br />"So how <i>do </i>our billionaires make their billions? Business analyst Sam Wilkin offers up the real scoop.... Delicious and insight-packed."<b><i>Sam Pizzigati, <i>Too Much</i></i></b><br /><br />"Clever, entertaining.... Rich and poor will enjoy it equally, and if you have a modest entourage, I would consider getting copies for them too."<b><i>Marcus Berkmann, <i>Daily Mail </i>(UK)</i></b><br /><br />"Pay attention.... What makes this book different is Sam Wilkin is an inside man."<b><i>Joe Shute, <i>The Telegraph </i>(UK)</i></b><br /><br />A "highly entertaining and useful guide to the 'fascinating economic puzzle waiting to be solved' behind every billion-dollar fortune.... If you too would like to get your hands on today's equivalent of 250,000lb of fattened goose meat, Wilkin's book is a brilliant place to start."<br /><b><i>Julia Richardson, <em>Daily Mail </em>(UK)</i></b><br /><br />"This is at heart a theoretical book, not an historical one. Its merit lies not in the stories it tells, but in the connections it draws between them."<b><i>Nick Wolven, <em>Washington Independent Review of Books</em></i></b><br /><br />"A great read.... Infused with a great sense of humor."<b><i><em>Life Elsewhere</em></i></b>
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  # DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
  
  
  ### THE RIGHT AND WRONG OF OUR PRESENT DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
  
  
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  _Distributive Justice_  
  
  
  _The Right and Wrong of Our Present Distribution of Wealth_  
  
  
  First published in 1916  
  
  
  ISBN 978-1-62013-659-1  
  
  
  Duke Classics  
  
  
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  _While every effort has been used to ensure the accuracy and reliability of
  the information contained in this edition, Duke Classics does not assume
  liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in this book. Duke
  Classics does not accept responsibility for loss suffered as a result of
  reliance upon the accuracy or currency of information contained in this book._
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
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  _[Preface](2643_split_004.html#toc0)_  
  
  
  _[Introductory Chapter - The Elements and Scope of the
  Problem](2643_split_005.html#toc1)_  
  
  
  _[General References](2643_split_00