elites

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The calls don’t just come from the business elites and more liberal parts of the Russian establishment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Korea’s new central banker, Shin Hyun-song, has the look of a Bank for International Settlements man — forged in Basel, handpicked by Seoul elites and installed just as the AI/semiconductor party was reaching full throttle.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

It estimated that 66 percent of the around $5.5 billion generated by mining each year was controlled by political elites working in cahoots with organized crime through murky public-private "strategic alliances."

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Mahan entered the race late and with little statewide name recognition, but catapulted into contention thanks to massive funding from billionaire tech titans, venture capitalists, cryptocurrency investors and other Silicon Valley elites.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

In the New World the ability to write was confined to small elites among some peoples of modern Mexico and neighboring areas far to the north of the Inca Empire.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond