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What You Should Know / January 23, 2012

This is what an oligarchy looks like: ultra-rich medical care comes with butlers, designer sheets, etc. [HT: Mark]

www.nytimes.com -- The bed linens were by Frette, Italian purveyors of high-thread-count sheets to popes and princes. The bathroom gleamed with polished marble. Huge windows displayed panoramic East River views. And in the hush of her $2,400 suite, a man in a black vest and tie proffered an elaborate menu and told her, “I’ll be your butler.”