Great Britain? - Bell, Torsten
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Erscheint vorauss. 27. Juni 2024
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A thrilling examination of our state of chaos and a hopeful manifesto for a different future, by one of our most influential and profound thinkers on the British economy. 'This is stellar: brilliant, incredibly pragmatic and serious about the country we are' RORY STEWART'The think tank work I raved about on The Rest Is Politics has morphed into a book!! I shall be getting it' ALASTAIR CAMPBELLThings have not been going great for Britain. Wages are flatlining, taxes are rising, and public services are collapsing. Our children can't afford to buy houses, our parents aren't receiving the social…mehr

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A thrilling examination of our state of chaos and a hopeful manifesto for a different future, by one of our most influential and profound thinkers on the British economy. 'This is stellar: brilliant, incredibly pragmatic and serious about the country we are' RORY STEWART'The think tank work I raved about on The Rest Is Politics has morphed into a book!! I shall be getting it' ALASTAIR CAMPBELLThings have not been going great for Britain. Wages are flatlining, taxes are rising, and public services are collapsing. Our children can't afford to buy houses, our parents aren't receiving the social care they need and our neighbours are reliant on foodbanks. We are all yearning for a way out of the financial crises, generational wars and political dysfunction that dominate our lives. Most of all we want our future - and Britain's - back. Torsten Bell, Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation, offers both a clear-eyed diagnosis of the problems facing our country - a uniquely toxic combination of huge inequality and stagnant economic growth - and a hopeful, bold vision for the alternative. He passionately points us towards a Britain that we can actually build - a future worth fighting for. 'Incisive ... what Britain needs' GORDON BROWN'Finally - an exciting, positive agenda' MINOUCHE SHAFIK'Torsten Bell is that rare thing - an economist who can write for non-experts. The country must cherish him' PETER HENNESSY Great Britain? is a treasure trove of enlightening and original analysis, and a much-needed antidote to the pervading sense that the country's decline is inevitable or irreversible.
Autorenporträt
Torsten Bell is Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation, an enormously respected and influential economic research charity working to raise the living standards of households on low to middle incomes. His focus is on where economics meets the real world - on better jobs, affordable housing and a more equal country. The Resolution Foundation heavily influenced two of the biggest government interventions in recent times: the Coronavirus Job Retention 'Furlough' Scheme and the Energy Price Guarantee. Prior to leading the Resolution Foundation, Torsten worked in HM Treasury, as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers during the financial crisis, and as Director of Policy for the Labour Party. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, school governor, trustee of the Child Poverty Action Group and an Honorary Professor at UCL. He has a weekly column in The Observer, and writes regularly for The Guardian and Financial Times. Great Britain? will be his first book.