Too much money at the top is bad for everyone, says Linda McQuaig.

“Our society tends to regard large fortunes as evidence of great talent or accomplishment,” she says. “Yet the vast new wealth isn't due to an increase in talent or effort at the top, but rather to changing social attitudes legitimizing greed and government policy changes that favour the new elite.”

One of Canada’s best-selling authors, the Toronto Star columnist will explore the themes of her most recent book, The Trouble with Billionaires (co-authored with law professor Neil Brooks), in a public lecture Sunday, March 11, at 7 p.m. in room 1120, Erie Hall.

McQuaig is the author of nine books on politics and economics – including six national bestsellers – such as Shooting the Hippo (short-listed for the Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction), The Cult of Impotence, All You Can Eat, and It’s the Crude, Dude: War, Big Oil and the Fight for the Planet.