When Chrystia Freeland published her book on the gaping inequality between the world’s small tribe of power-broking billionaires and the rest of us ordinary wage schmucks, the National Post gave it a rave review.

“Plutocrats isn’t a strident, whiny smack-down of the status quo, but a clear-eyed account of the social and political implications of a class of super-rich who hold an increasing portion of global wealth,” reviewer Richard Poplak wrote.