America has always been drawn to an unelected elite. Meet the courtier class | Nancy Isenberg

From Hamilton to the ‘Epstein class’, we have long been fascinated by a charismatic yet shadowy set of power brokers. American aristocracy is alive and well Americans remain awed by the extravagance of the super-rich, oddly enticed and generally accepting of the fact that the…

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