power elite

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As for lifetime achievement honors, Robert Smigel presented Stephen Colbert with the Walter Bernstein Award for critiquing the power elite on his late-night show, which will air its final episode in May.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

Jeff Daniels stars as Charlie Croker, an Atlanta real estate mogul under investigation for gross financial mismanagement, who tries to bargain his way out of trouble by trading favors with the city’s power elite.

From New York Times • May 1, 2024

The new surveys obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive appear to support claims previously made by plaintiffs in the case that Nike’s problems were connected to the company’s power elite.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2024

Galarza used his position and role as a scholar to battle the power elite of California.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2021

Definition:                There is wrong co-ordination if a SWF optimal change is blocked only by �lack of knowledge� of the power elite while the information actually is available.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas