Christopher Parr, is the Editor and Chief Content Creator for…
“The rich are not only getting richer — they are becoming more dangerous.” That’s according to Robert Frank’s new book — The High-Beta Rich: How the Manic Wealthy Will Take Us to the Next Boom, Bubble and Bust — which argues that the spending binges of the top 1 percent have become “the most unstable force in the economy.”
According to the Wall Street Journal writer, for some of the high-beta rich wealth is a “mirage in the desert,” wherein the facade of fancy trappings conceals massive debt. Frank spoke to NPR’s Neal Conan, take a listen below:
Christopher Parr, is the Editor and Chief Content Creator for Pursuitist, and a contributing writer to USA Today, Business Insider — and the on-air host of Travel Tuesday on Live at 4 CBS. He is an award-winning luxury marketing veteran, writer, a frequent speaker at luxury and interactive marketing conferences and a pioneer in web publishing. Named a "Top 10 Luxury Travel Blogger” by USA Today, Parr has also been selected as the official winner in Luxury Lifestyle Awards’ list of the “Top 50 Best Luxury Influencers and Bloggers in the World.”
