Asurprisingandrevealinglookathowtoday’seliteviewtheirwealthandplaceinsocietyFromTV’s“realhousewives“toTheWolfofWallStreet,ourpopularcultureportraysthewealthyasmaterialisticandentitled.Butwhatdowereallyknowaboutthosewholiveon“easystreet“?Inthispenetratingbook,RachelShermandrawsonrarein-depthinterviewsthatsheconductedwithfiftyaffluentNewYorkers--fromhedgefundfinanciersandartiststostay-at-homemothers--toexaminetheirlifestylechoicesandunderstandingofprivilege.Shermanupendsimagesofwealthypeopleasinvestedonlyinaccruingsocialadvantagesforthemselvesandtheirchildren.Instead,theseliberalelites,whobelieveindiversityandmeritocracy,feelconflictedabouttheirpositioninahighlyunequalsociety.Asthedistancebetweenrichandpoorwidens,UneasyStreetnotonlyexploresthelivesofthoseatthetopbutalsoshedslightonhowextremeinequalitycomestoseemordinaryandacceptabletotherestofus.
