The New Few
Title | The New Few PDF eBook |
Author | Ferdinand Mount |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 334 |
Release | 2012-04-26 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1847378013 |
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 Fewshows us what has led to this point, and asks the critical questions: whyhas Britain become a more unequal society over the past thirty years? Whyhave 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.
A Few Thousand Dollars
Title | A Few Thousand Dollars PDF eBook |
Author | Robert E. Friedman |
Publisher | The New Press |
Total Pages | 337 |
Release | 2018-10-09 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1620974045 |
A guide to making the U.S. economy work for everyone, by a leading advocate of asset development The majority of Americans do not have a few thousand dollars to weather an unexpected illness, job loss, or accident. Most Americans, including 80 percent of people of color, are locked out of the mainstream economy, unable to add their talents, work, and dreams, unable to share in the bounty of this economy. Without a nest egg most Americans cannot invest in their future—and the future of our country—through saving, entrepreneurship, education, and homeownership. We can—and we should—do better. Longtime leader in the field of asset-building Robert E. Friedman demonstrates how a few simple policy changes would address wealth inequality—and build a better economy and a stronger country for us all. In six sharp, compelling chapters, accented by sixteen original black-and-white illustrations by Rohan Eason that present the realities of income and asset inequality and explain the needed policy interventions, Friedman addresses savings, business, education, home, and prosperity to articulate a vision for making inclusive investments without spending an additional dollar, just by transforming tax subsidies for the wealthy few into seeds for prosperity for everyone. This is an investment with a huge return: the redemption of the American promise of prosperity for all.
A Few Words on the New Educational Code and the Report of the Education Commissioners
Title | A Few Words on the New Educational Code and the Report of the Education Commissioners PDF eBook |
Author | John Grote |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 60 |
Release | 1862 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |
A Few Remarks on the "New Library" Question. By a Member of neither Syndicate [i.e. Henry Coddington].
Title | A Few Remarks on the "New Library" Question. By a Member of neither Syndicate [i.e. Henry Coddington]. PDF eBook |
Author | Cambridge University Library |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 1831 |
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A few remarks on the style and execution of the New Houses of Parliament, etc. [By X.]
Title | A few remarks on the style and execution of the New Houses of Parliament, etc. [By X.] PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 30 |
Release | 1848 |
Genre | |
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A Few Words to the Poor and to Overseers, on the New Poor Law
Title | A Few Words to the Poor and to Overseers, on the New Poor Law PDF eBook |
Author | Archer CLIVE |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 8 |
Release | 1836 |
Genre | Poor laws |
ISBN |
A Few Words on the New [i.e. the Metropolitan] Commission of Sewers: with comments on the reports and evidence of the Sanitary Commission. By a Farmer, a Lawyer, and an Ex-Commissioner
Title | A Few Words on the New [i.e. the Metropolitan] Commission of Sewers: with comments on the reports and evidence of the Sanitary Commission. By a Farmer, a Lawyer, and an Ex-Commissioner PDF eBook |
Author | LONDON. Metropolitan Commission of Sewers. Roe (John) |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 92 |
Release | 1848 |
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