Podcast
Hidden Brain
The book was highlighted across several episodes as an in‑depth look at the ultra‑wealthy and the wealth managers who enable them to operate beyond national laws and borders. Host Shankar Vedantam and author Brooke Harrington discussed the author’s 65 interviews in 18 countries, noting how the rich live by a different set of rules that can be both fascinating and potentially dangerous. The conversation emphasized the book’s unique insights into the lives, relationships, and power of the 1%.
Episode: Money 2.0: The Rich and the Rest of Us
It was discussed as a book that details the lives of the ultra-wealthy and the wealth managers who handle their finances, including the different set of rules they follow.
The lives of the the richest people in the world are so Different from those of the rest of us. It's almost literally unimaginable.
National borders are nothing to them. They might as well not exist.
The laws are nothing to them. They might as well not exist.
It's potentially very very dangerous and I think she's right about that.
Some of them actually do sound a lot like Donald Trump when I heard Donald Trump say that not paying taxes made him smart and That if he had paid his taxes, they would have been wasted anyways I was like, yep, he's the voice of a lot of very wealthy people around the world and And their wealth managers who said essentially the same thing to me.
Episode: Radio Replay: Too Little, Too Much
It was discussed in the context of the insights gained by a sociologist who worked as a wealth manager to understand the lives of the super wealthy and how their wealth impacts their lives and relationships.
I understand you conducted about 65 interviews in 18 countries for this book.
My guest today is a sociologist, Brooke Harrington. She spent years trying to understand the lives of people who are so wealthy that they're able to circumvent the constraints of national laws and borders.
Brooke Harrington is a sociologist at the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. She's the author of the book Capital Without Borders, Wealth Managers and the 1%.
Episode: Filthy Rich
It was written based on the author's 65 interviews with wealth managers in 18 countries, exploring the lives of the super wealthy and the different rules they operate by, contrasting their lives with the rest of us.
The lives of the richest people in the world are so different from those of the rest of us, it's almost literally unimaginable. The laws are nothing to them. They might as well not exist.
I understand you conducted about 65 interviews in 18 countries for this book.
She's the author of the book Capital Without Borders, Wealth Managers and the 1%.
