"This book is not a novel. Nor is it nonfiction. In the literary world, it might be described as 'a practical utopia.' I call it a fictional vision that could become a new reality. Some known and not-well-known people appear in fictional roles. I invite your imaginative engagement."
—author's note
"Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!" is a 2009
utopian novel by consumer advocate, author, and occasional presidential candidate
Ralph Nader.
In 2005, billionaire
Warren Buffett watches the damage of
Hurricane Katrina and, seeing the slow government response, decides to help out himself. After helping out, a woman shouts, "Only the super-rich can save us!" Buffett gets an idea. He will help fix the country, with the help of some other super-rich folks, the Meliorists:
- Bill Cosby, comedian and philanthropist
- Barry Diller
, media mogul - Phil Donahue, talk show host
- William Gates, Sr., attorney and father of Bill Gates
- Joe Jamail, attorney, known as the "King of Torts"
- Peter Lewis, Progressive Insurance executive
- Paul Newman, actor and philanthropist
- Yoko Ono, musician and activist
- Max Palevsky, businessman and philanthropist
- Jeno Paulucci, founder of Chun King and Jeno's
- Ross Perot, businessman and occasional presidential candidate
- Sol Price, founder of Price Club
- Bernard Rapoport, businessman and philanthropist
- Leonard Riggio, chairman of Barnes And Noble
- George Soros, investor and philanthropist
- Ted Turner, media mogul
Other celebrities who appear are
Warren Beatty,
Woody Harrelson, and Governor
Arnold SchwarzeneggerNader was inspired by Edward Bellamy's utopian novel
Looking Backward; the book could be considered a left-wing
Atlas Shrugged.
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