Mills identifies a small group of people who historically united together to run policies for their countries and the rest of the world population since they are spread among a reduced number of families across the world.
This power elites influence heavily the political and economic policies of foreign countries.
Mills, argues how an upper class formed by a social elite that historically claimed privileges and concentrates worlds financial centres.
Some other authors go as far as believing in this as a key element for conspiracy theories where the power elites can dominate entire countries and cause major outcomes like wars and economic crises to happen when dictated by them.
