America's 60 Families

America's 60 Families

Cover of the 1946 printing of America's 60 Families
Author	Ferdinand Lundberg[1]
Language	English
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	Vanguard Press[1]
Publication date	1937[1]
Publication place	United States
Pages	495 (1937 printing)[2]
OCLC	256489013
Dewey Decimal	339.20973
LC Class	HG181
Followed by	The Rich and the Super-Rich

America's 60 Families is a book by American journalist Ferdinand Lundberg published in 1937 by Vanguard Press. It is an argumentative analysis of wealth and class in the United States, and how they are leveraged for purposes of political and economic power, specifically by what the author contends is a "plutocratic circle" composed of a tightly interlinked group of 60 families.

The controversial study has met with mixed reactions since its publication. Though praised by some contemporary and modern reviewers, and once cited in a speech by Harold L. Ickes, it has also been criticized by others and was the subject of a 1938 libel suit by DuPont over factual inaccuracies contained in the text. In 1968 Lundberg published The Rich and the Super-Rich, described by some sources as a sequel to America's 60 Families.