On Guard

“High-end security for the uber-wealthy is nothing new. But over the past several years, the country’s richest families have taken more interest in their personal safety than ever before, according to interviews with four executives in the billionaire-protection industry.” The NYC brood-daylight shooting of a health care executive (and its nonstop coverage) brought the issue of security to the forefront. But as Bloomberg (Gift Article) explains: The Ultra-Wealthy Were Bulletproofing Homes Even Before CEO Murder. “People just weren’t sure what was going to happen,” said Harris, who founded the [security] company in 2018 and saw an uptick in business during and after destabilizing events like Covid, the George Floyd protests and the 2021 storming of the US Capitol.” The issue underpinning this (and so many other stories from perceptions about the economy to who gets to buy elections) is our growing economic divide.