Serious Money: Walking Plutocratic London

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Eaton Square – also known as ‘Red Square’, owing to the number of Russian billionaires who bought property there. Photograph: Martin Norris Travel Photography/Alamy This amateur production of “Serious Money” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. Performances: Frosby, Greville Todd’s old friend, is a staunch supporter of the establishment and London’s City, or financial center. After he blows the whistle on Jake, precipitating a financial crisis, Frosby takes his own life.We walk on through Knightsbridge, along Hyde Park, via Kensington Palace Gardens – said to be the most expensive street in London – to Kensington, scene of the so-called “basement wars” that Knowles documents in her book. These are the conflicts that occur when the super wealthy move into an area and start digging downwards, sometimes two or three floors or even, in some cases, deeper. To help provide this high level of service to you, we take the time to get to know our clients. The first step is to understand your goals, aspirations and current financial situation.

Virginia Water, Surrey: a prime location for multimillion-pound homes. Photograph: Greg Balfour Evans/Alamy Knowles only mentions Thorstein Veblen’s Theory of The Leisure Class once in passing, presenting ‘conspicuous consumption’ as an underdeveloped precursor to Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of distinction. This is a shame since both authors share a similarly enjoyable vicious tone and there are obvious parallels between the original and current ‘Gilded Age’. Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and holds their Financial Planning Specialist designation. In the next scene, Jake, Scilla, and Limes are discussing how much money they are earning in an expensive-seeming bar. Jake announces his ambition to retire at thirty but admits this may involve his having to fight dirty. He asks Scilla to take care of Zac, an American businessman whom Jake has invited to visit but whom he cannot host since he will be out of the town on the weekend. Zac comes in and tells the three about two businessmen, Merrison and Durkfeld, who worked together for a number of years before one turned on the other and drove them out of the business so as to make more profits for themselves. For Zac, trading, and not banking, is where the real money is now.

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The play suggests that humans are overall predictable when determining how bad behavior (i.e., greed) can be created in a competitive environment. An attempt at a company takeover in the second part of the play emphasizes this notion. It is not as simple as greedy people wanting money to survive or even to live a luxurious life. What drives the nefarious characters in the play is the desire to attain power and to be the alpha hunter, and more money and power are the prey. They are addicted to the feeling of godliness because they are such an integral part of the global economy. You might think you’re not an “influencer”, but anyone with a friend online can be a micro-influencer and earn money. Luxury abounds in every chapter, from ‘humane’ caviar to underground swimming pools, but Knowles frequently reminds the reader of the inequality, gentrification and homelessness in the wealthy’s shadow. This is most powerful in the chapter ‘The Burning Tower’, exploring the aftermath of the 2017 Grenfell fire which killed 72 people and upended the lives of many more.