In Search of the Super-Rich: Who Are They? Where Are They?

  • Ray Forrest
  • Sin Yee Koh
  • Bart Wissink
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Abstract

Cities, and particularly the leading world cities, are the sites where extreme inequalities find their most visible contemporary expression. They are, it seems, both the playgrounds and projects of a new overclass of super-rich. This introductory chapter sets out some of the conceptual key issues around these assumptions as a precursor to the more detailed discussions which follow. The chapter focuses on three questions: How do we construct this category of “super-rich”? Where do we find them? Where do cities and urban development fit into the picture? The final section of the chapter provides a brief guide to the structure and logic of the book.

Keywords

Real Estate Money Laundering Real Estate Investment Economic Elite Luxury Branding 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Ray Forrest
    • 1
  • Sin Yee Koh
    • 2
  • Bart Wissink
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Public PolicyCity University of Hong KongHong KongHong Kong SAR
  2. 2.Institute of Asian StudiesUniversiti Brunei DarussalamGadongBrunei Darussalam

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