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The New Few

power and inequality in Britain now

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This was supposed to be the era when democracy came into its own, but instead power and wealth in Britain have slowly been consolidated the hands of a small elite, while the rest of the country struggles financially and switches off politically. We are now ruled by a gang of fat-cats with fingers in every pie who squabble for power among themselves while growing richer. Bored with watching corrupt politicians jockeying for power, ordinary Britons are feeling disconnected from politics and increasingly cynical about the back-scratching relationship between politicians and big business. The New Few shows us what has led to this point, and asks the critical questions: why has Britain become a more unequal society over the past thirty years? Why have the banks been bailed out with taxpayers' money, while bankers are still receiving huge bonuses? Why have those responsible not been held accountable for the financial crash? Why has power in Britain become so concentrated in the hands of corrupt politicians who have been exposed cheating their constituents in the expenses scandal? Despite this bleak diagnosis, there are solutions to the rise of the new ruling class in the modern West. The New Few sets out some of the ways in which we can restore our democracy, bringing back real accountability to British business and fairness to our society. - Publisher.

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Simon & Schuster
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English

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Table of Contents

Introduction : The few make a comeback
Part one : The corrosion of capitalism.
The curious case of Mr. Aldinger's teeth
Fred's tenner
The twilight of the shareholder
The depersonalizing of savings
The division of the spoils
The three illusions
Escape routes
A stewards' inquiry?
The oligators : a brief intermission
Part two : The erosion of democracy.
The party's over now
Don't vote, it only encourages them
Closing the local
A terrible squash on the sofa
Sir Humphrey takes a back seat : or does he?
Permanent recess : the decline of the House of Commons
Stuck on the Eurostar
Part three : Waking up.
Glimmerings in the boardroom
Coalition : a new world symphony?
Are we getting anywhere?
The bankers
The parties
Parliament and government
Localism : the real thing?
Europe : the unexpected reveille
Inequality : the underlying question
Abdul and Sir John
The riots and after
Notes
Further reading
Biographical note

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London
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2012

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Library of Congress
DA589.7 .M68 2012

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Hardcover
Dimensions
24 x x centimeters

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Open Library
OL25414660M
Internet Archive
newfeworverybrit0000moun
ISBN 10
1847378005
ISBN 13
9781847378002
LCCN
2012453453
OCLC/WorldCat
769473109
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