Evan Osnos: "Yacht oder Nicht Yacht – Nachrichten aus der Welt der Ultrareichen"

In the organizer's words:

In Yacht or Not Yacht, we delve deep into the world of the super-rich, America's tech billionaires and oligarchs. It's not just about their lifestyles - from the yachts in the first chapter to a self-help group of convicted white-collar criminals in the last - but also about the immense influence of a handful of the ultra-rich on American politics.

Evan Osnos writes in an enormously entertaining way and with great attention to detail about the very long yachts and extravagant parties, the luxury bunkers and apocalypse-proof retreats, the tax avoidance tricks, the influence on art and culture, the Ponzi schemes and other white collar crimes of a privileged class of people who have not only lost their grip on reality, but also any system of values. Never before have Wall Street and Silicon Valley had so much influence on American politics as they do now during Trump's second presidency. The result is political decisions that affect all our lives.

Moderator: Joshua Yaffa, journalist for The New Yorker

Interested in a lively one-on-one discussion in English about Evan Osnos' book Yacht or Not Yacht in advance of this talk? Then join us on Thursday, April 16, 2026, at 7pm for the Democracy Book Group meeting at Amerikahaus!

This event is part of the Amerikahaus Book Talks series.

Please note that this event will be held in English.

Please register via the following link: https://eveeno.com/241374761

Organizer: Munich Dialogues on Democracy Speakers Series, a cooperation between The Yale Club of Germany e.V. (Munich Chapter) and theStiftung Bayerisches Amerikahaus

Partners: C.H.Beck Verlag, Bard College Berlin, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Petra Kelly Foundation

Price information:

Free admission, please register.