elites

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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

But it also raises fears about economic displacement, surveillance, social manipulation and concentration of power in the hands of technological elites.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 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

Economists and financial elites are speaking out at industry forums about the war’s devastating effects.

From Slate • May 9, 2026

Bureaucrats, party officials, army officers, and other well-placed government elites ended up stealing about thirty percent of the aid, according to estimates by outside scholars and international aid agencies.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden