Davos Man

Peter S. Goodman, the global economic correspondent for the New York Times, turns his reporting on the world's billionaire class and the growing power it holds over how the world is run. The book takes its title from the shorthand for the globe-trotting elite who gather each year at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Goodman treats this group as a force to be examined, not a curiosity. The result is an energetic, revealing exposé of the people at the top of the global economy and the influence they exert. It will suit readers who want to understand who holds economic power today and what that means for everyone else.