The Concierge Class
For most people, the term ‘Concierge Class’ refers to a cruise round the Caribbean.
If that’s what you’re looking for, you’re out of luck.
No, this is an altogether different kind of book, one that looks at the millions of people who earn their living by working for the wealthy and/or the corporations. Specifically, it’s the people who:
- Help the rich increase their wealth, for example by devising tax avoidance schemes
- Promote their ideology, perhaps by hindering legislation that might restrict their freedom of action
- Sells them goods and services, such as security firms and estate agents.
Just to be clear, we aren’t talking about someone who picks stock in an Amazon warehouse, works in a shoe shop, or arranges rich people
And if you’re working in a shipping line that happens to be owned by a Russian oligarch, that doesn’t necessarily brand you as a member of the concierge class.
Equally, the concierge class isn’t just about the high paid lawyers and city accountants. As you’ll discover, many lower-ranking people are members, too.
Below is a schematic of the Concierge Class. There are four cateogories: the Magicians, the Enablers, the Pushers and the Suppliers.
