Anne Stanton: The super-rich and their sorrows, the solace of songbirds, and a saunter through the ’60s

When did multi-billionaires become a thing?

Just ask Kevin Kwan, author of the “Crazy Rich Asians” trilogy, whose satiric novels of the excessively rich–adapted into one of the country’s most popular movies — has entertained millions of Americans, who rooted for the “normal girl,” an economics professor who unwittingly fell in love with one of the richest men on the planet. And that wasn’t necessarily a good thing.