Men of wealth

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Fugger the Rich.--John Law.--The Rothschilds.--Interlogue one: Cosimo de' Medici, Sir Thomas Gresham, Jacques Coeur. The art and industry of make-up. Writers as money-makers.--Robert Owen.--Cornelius Vanderbilt.--Hetty Green.--Interlogue two: Misers, Poverty.--Mitsui.--Cecil Rhodes.--Basil Zaharoff.--Interlogue three: Hugo Stines, Land fortunes. Dynastic fortunes.--Mark Hanna.--John D. Rockefeller.--J. Pierpont Morgan.