Beneath the upsurge in nativism roiling the globe, a simple truth stokes popular anger: The billionaire class has rigged our economies to hog the bounty. This book explores the emergence of Trump, Brexit, and the advance of extremist nationalist movements in France, Italy, and Sweden, revealing how legitimate grievances are propelling a wave of destructive protest. Communities have concluded that their livelihoods matter little to the world’s wealthiest people, who have seized the levers of governance. Here is a book about power -- who controls it, how they wield it, and why inequality has become a foundational threat to democratic rule.