Robert Frank discusses his book Richistan: A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich.Richistan is like the best travel writing, full of colorful and interesting stories providing insights into exotic locales. Frank has been loitering on the docks of yacht marinas, pestering his way into charity balls, and schmoozing with real estate agents selling mega-houses to capture the story of the twenty-first century's nouveau riche.
Frank is a senior special writer at the Wall Street Journal, where he writes a weekly column and daily blog called The Wealth Report.