PositiveThe BafflerZidar and Zwick upend the consensus on wealth inequality in America. Yet their sobering conclusions aren’t enough to exorcise the authors of their Mammonism ... Zidar and Zwick tell this story with admirable clarity and precision. Careful, quasi-scholarly language is supported by a rear guard of figures ... This style can be bland at times, but it’s a testament to the authors’ expository finesse that they manage to make fiscal history occasionally gripping ... But the book eventually drifts away from dispassionate analysis toward what can only be described as capitalist pablum ... The moment they pick out some particular millionaire, they become so dazzled by their well-heeled specimen that one begins to suspect their real sympathies lie with capital.
