# Monster of 2022: Billionaires

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/monster-of-2022-billionaires/
- Published: 2023-01-01T10:00:13-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image credit: Mother Jones / Getty. Article by Michael Mechanic. Mother Jones &#8211; December 30, 2022. When you have that much, some portion is invariably blood money. Consider the billionaire. Yes, that is a David Foster Wallace reference. I spotted his book of essays, &#8220;Consider the Lobster,&#8221; yesterday morning in one of those little libraries people of a certain demographic put up in front of their houses. My morning walk takes me up into the Oakland-Berkeley Hills, and past the homes of two billionaires. That’s rare; most billionaires choose to live far from us mere mortals. [&#8230;] Click here to view original web page at www.motherjones.com Curated by Theresa Wysocki See Full Bio
