William Rubinstein

William Rubinstein

William D. Rubinstein (born August 12, 1946) is a historian and author. His best-known work, Men of Property: The Very Wealthy in Britain Since the Industrial Revolution, charts the rise of the 'super rich', a class he sees as expanding exponentially.

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