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growing to be monetary inequality, company effect in politics, an eroding center classification. Many americans depart it to politicians and the media to discuss those themes within the public sphere. but different likely traditional american citizens have determined to go into the dialog of wealth in the US through wearing ball robes, tiaras, tuxedos, and best hats and taking over the imagined roles of rich, robust, and fully fictional characters. Why? In No Billionaire Left Behind, Angelique Haugerud, who embedded herself in the "Billionaires" and used to be granted the identify "Ivana Itall," explores the internal workings of those pretend billionaires and mines the depths of democracy's dating to political humor, satire, and irony.
No Billionaire Left Behind is a compelling research into how satirical activists take on of the main contentious subject matters in modern American political tradition: the more and more profound department of wealth in the United States, and the function of huge funds in electoral politics. Anthropologist and writer Angelique Haugerud deftly charts the evolution of a bunch named the Billionaires—a well-liked community of satirists and activists who make a mockery of wealth in America—along with different satirical teams and figures to puzzle out their effect on politics and public opinion. within the spirit of renowned courses like The Colbert document and The day-by-day Show, the Billionaires reveal a cosmopolitan wisdom of economics and public affairs in the course of the lens of satire and humor. via player remark, interviews, and archival learn, Haugerud offers the 1st ethnographic learn of the facility and barriers of this evolving type of political organizing during this witty exploration of 1 group's efforts to elevate wish and encourage motion in America's present political climate.