This didactic story takes us through the rise of the plutocratic class as it traces Rolf's rise to great wealth and campaign for corporate control of the global economy. My only criticism is about some overly explicit explanations of the strategy behind the politics at play, but that would have required significantly more character and plot development. A manipulative daughter-in-law shows how to mislead a vulnerable journalist and an even more frustrated and vulnerable public under the direction of the wealthy man's dominating vision. Polo becomes not just a sport, but an entry point into the world of global domination. Soon it becomes apparent that Rolf justifies his rise to hard work, and he wishes to sell the notion that others can do well too. However, it is a path he chooses to remove leaving wealth, power, and global dominance to the plutocrates. Alas, even the powerful fail, but you'll need to read the book to learn how.The troublesome part is that the story seems to be playing out before our eyes in the real world. Politics, think-tanks, corporate power, corporations as persons, gerrymandering, and influences of the wealthy on the political process have obvious parallels in this story. As some people in this story believed Polo was just a sporting game for the wealthy, it was merely a part of a very complex "systems thinking" strategy. I kept wanting to start drawing causal loop diagrams to help me understand the underpinnings of the political process both in the book and in real life. I still may do that.