In truth, golfers are part of a new international superclass, largely indifferent to barriers of distance and continent, and able to play their game wherever they are asked to.

ECONOMIST: Guts, not ground advantage, won it for Europe

Rothkopf writes as a grand strategist, not as a reporter, but there are a few moments in his book when he visits members of the Superclass whom he obviously knows from having worked with them.

NEWYORKER: Evening the Odds

The result of this idea, along with the increasing influence of business within both political parties, was a series of policies that deregulated national currencies and banking systems and enabled the globalized economy of the Superclass.

NEWYORKER: Evening the Odds