Revolt of the Fairly Rich

Today's lower upper class is seething about the ultrawealthy

By Matt Miller | October 25, 2006

Not long ago an investment banker worth millions told me that he wasn't in his line of work for the money. "If I was doing this for the money," he said, with no trace of irony, "I'd be at a hedge fund." What to say? Only on a small plot of real estate in lower Manhattan at the dawn of the 21st century could such a statement be remotely fathomable. That it is suggests how debauched our ruling class has become.

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This article was originally published in Fortune.