Oligarchy

1928

population by wealth in 2007 had a larger share of total income than at any time since 1928.

1991

I want a democratic power strong enough to force the intellectual oligarchy to use its genius for the general good or else perish.” == Cases perceived as oligarchies == === Russian Federation === Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and privatization of the economy in December 1991, privately owned Russia-based multinational corporations, including producers of petroleum, natural gas, and metal have, in the view of many analysts, led to the rise of Russian oligarchs.

Most of these are connected directly to the highest-ranked government officials, such as President. === Ukraine === The Ukrainian oligarchs are a group of business oligarchs that quickly appeared on the economic and political scene of Ukraine after its independence in 1991.

1998

In 2011, according to PolitiFact and others, the top 400 wealthiest Americans "have more wealth than half of all Americans combined." In 1998, Bob Herbert of The New York Times referred to modern American plutocrats as "The Donor Class" (list of top donors) and defined the class, for the first time, as "a tiny group—just one-quarter of 1 percent of the population—and it is not representative of the rest of the nation.

2000

Stuttgart: Steiner, 2000 (). == External links == Authoritarianism Political culture

2007

population by wealth in 2007 had a larger share of total income than at any time since 1928.

2011

In 2011, according to PolitiFact and others, the top 400 wealthiest Americans "have more wealth than half of all Americans combined." In 1998, Bob Herbert of The New York Times referred to modern American plutocrats as "The Donor Class" (list of top donors) and defined the class, for the first time, as "a tiny group—just one-quarter of 1 percent of the population—and it is not representative of the rest of the nation.

2015

Other studies have questioned the Page and Gilens study. In a 2015 interview, former President Jimmy Carter stated that the United States is now "an oligarchy with unlimited political bribery" due to the Citizens United v.

2016

Wall Street spent a record $2 billion trying to influence the 2016 United States presidential election. == See also== Aristocracy Dictatorship Inverted totalitarianism Iron law of oligarchy Kleptocracy Meritocracy Military dictatorship Minoritarianism Nepotism Netocracy Oligopoly Oligarchical Collectivism Parasitism Plutocracy Political family Power behind the throne Stratocracy Synarchism Theocracy Timocracy == References == == Further reading == Ostwald, M.




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