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09-26-2009, 03:30 AM
David J. Rothkopf
He has also served as a senior advisor to the director general of the United National Industrial Development Organization and on the board of directors of the U.S. Committee on NATO. He is currently a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and is also a frequent senior advisor to the World Economic Forum. He is currently participating in or has participated in a variety of task forces and study groups with the CFR, the Carnegie Endowment
Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making
http://www.amazon.com/Superclass-Global-Power-Elite-Making/dp/0374272107
From The Washington Post, Reviewed by Anne-Marie Slaughter
Still, Superclass is often thought-provoking. For one thing, it is as much about who is not part of the superclass as who is. As I read Rothkopf's chronicles of elite gatherings -- Davos, Bilderberg, the Bohemian Grove (all male), Fathers and Sons (all male) -- I was repeatedly struck by the near absence of women. Fortune magazine's annual Most Powerful Women Summit, the only elite gathering I know of that is restricted to women, didn't even rate a mention. And indeed, when Rothkopf summarizes "how to become a member of the superclass," his first rule is "be born a man." Only 6 percent of the superclass is female.
Superclass is written in part as a consciousness-raising exercise for members of the superclass themselves. Rothkopf worries that "the world they are making" is deeply unequal and ultimately unstable. He hopes that the current global elite will use their power to do more than egg each other on to high-profile philanthropy. Elites in radically unequal countries such as Chile, for instance, might decide to open their cozy circles of power to allow the emergence of a genuine middle class. New York bankers might realize that they can no longer peddle loans to developing countries in good times but then pressure the U.S. Treasury and the International Monetary Fund to bail out those same governments when they suddenly default on their debts (ensuring, of course, that the bankers get paid). The agribusinesses that reap billions from domestic subsidies in developed countries might consider the longer-term value of trade rather than aid for countries at the bottom of the global food chain.
Also might be of interest:
Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power
http://www.amazon.com/Running-World-National-Security-Architects/dp/1586484230/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253956908&sr=1-3
"At last, a real history of the National Security Council, from its origins after World War II through its transformative Nixon - Kissinger era to its present role at the center of American national security policy-making. As an insider, Rothkopf knows how it works; as a skilled storyteller and historian, he brings it to life, in a book rich with new insights and new information." --Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
and
Common Market : Uniting the European Community (An Impact book) by Carol Rothkopf and David Rothkopf (Hardcover - 1977)
http://www.amazon.com/Common-Market-Uniting-European-Community/dp/0531012727/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253956908&sr=1-10
Discusses European history and the beginning of the Common Market, its present structure, benefits to members, and its future.
He has also served as a senior advisor to the director general of the United National Industrial Development Organization and on the board of directors of the U.S. Committee on NATO. He is currently a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and is also a frequent senior advisor to the World Economic Forum. He is currently participating in or has participated in a variety of task forces and study groups with the CFR, the Carnegie Endowment
Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making
http://www.amazon.com/Superclass-Global-Power-Elite-Making/dp/0374272107
From The Washington Post, Reviewed by Anne-Marie Slaughter
Still, Superclass is often thought-provoking. For one thing, it is as much about who is not part of the superclass as who is. As I read Rothkopf's chronicles of elite gatherings -- Davos, Bilderberg, the Bohemian Grove (all male), Fathers and Sons (all male) -- I was repeatedly struck by the near absence of women. Fortune magazine's annual Most Powerful Women Summit, the only elite gathering I know of that is restricted to women, didn't even rate a mention. And indeed, when Rothkopf summarizes "how to become a member of the superclass," his first rule is "be born a man." Only 6 percent of the superclass is female.
Superclass is written in part as a consciousness-raising exercise for members of the superclass themselves. Rothkopf worries that "the world they are making" is deeply unequal and ultimately unstable. He hopes that the current global elite will use their power to do more than egg each other on to high-profile philanthropy. Elites in radically unequal countries such as Chile, for instance, might decide to open their cozy circles of power to allow the emergence of a genuine middle class. New York bankers might realize that they can no longer peddle loans to developing countries in good times but then pressure the U.S. Treasury and the International Monetary Fund to bail out those same governments when they suddenly default on their debts (ensuring, of course, that the bankers get paid). The agribusinesses that reap billions from domestic subsidies in developed countries might consider the longer-term value of trade rather than aid for countries at the bottom of the global food chain.
Also might be of interest:
Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power
http://www.amazon.com/Running-World-National-Security-Architects/dp/1586484230/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253956908&sr=1-3
"At last, a real history of the National Security Council, from its origins after World War II through its transformative Nixon - Kissinger era to its present role at the center of American national security policy-making. As an insider, Rothkopf knows how it works; as a skilled storyteller and historian, he brings it to life, in a book rich with new insights and new information." --Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
and
Common Market : Uniting the European Community (An Impact book) by Carol Rothkopf and David Rothkopf (Hardcover - 1977)
http://www.amazon.com/Common-Market-Uniting-European-Community/dp/0531012727/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253956908&sr=1-10
Discusses European history and the beginning of the Common Market, its present structure, benefits to members, and its future.