The Rockefellers

My exposure to Collier and Horowitz began in high school with a subscription to their estimable 'Ramparts' magazine, continued into graduate school with a reading of their muckraking 'The Kennedys' and now steps back to their previous familial biography, 'The Rockefellers'. My exposure to the Rockefe......more

One of the collaborative biographies about American dynasties by DAVID HOROWITZ before he became a fringe right-wing sycophant. My favorite part was the beginning of the family during the robber-baron period of American history and how the ascetic prematurely hairless icon founded one of the greates......more

Fourth generation Stephen Rockefeller was, “very uncomfortable with the wealth that I have … I’m fully convinced there is no rational justification for extreme privilege and the accumulation of vast wealth.” This generation came to adulthood in the turmoil of the sixties - many forsaking their conse......more