Carl Rhodes is Professor of Organisation Studies and Dean of the Business School, University of Technology Sydney. He studies the ethical and democratic dimensions of business, the economy and work. He is author of the bestselling Woke Capitalism (Bristol University Press, 2021) and a frequent commentator for the press in publications such as The Guardian, The Times, Fast Company, Business Insider and The Conversation.
"""For years billionaires have spent vast resources to portray themselves as heroic, generous and meritorious. As this book demonstrates, this ideology is a self-serving veil that appears increasingly misplaced and fragile to many. A must-read."" Thomas Piketty, Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and author of Capital in the 21st Century ""Rhodes skewers four myths around billionaires and shows how the failure of neoliberalism has led to a reaction against them, who were both its beneficiaries and its propagators."" John Quiggin, University of Queensland ""The deserving billionaire is a figment of their own imagination, a self-delusion functional to their struggle to legitimise their illegitimate, toxic wealth. Carl Rhodes explains why."" Yanis Varoufakis, University of Athens"