Lansley Planet Plutocracy

How Global Capital Seized Control and How to Take it Back
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-4473-8233-1
Verlag: Policy Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lansley, Stewart

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftssysteme, Wirtschaftsstrukturen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Korruption
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The loss of the future

Part I: A plutocratic power grab

1. The number 1 mission: wealth creation

2. By the few

3. The good, the bad and the ugly

4. Accumulate, accumulate, accumulate

5. The ‘tech bros’ take over

Part II: How global capital consumes societies

6 The Paradox of Plenty

7. Call it theft

8. Fully automated luxury capitalism

9. Wanton extravagance

10. The corporate car boot sale

11. The hall of shame

12. The wealth protection industry

13. To them that hath

Part III: A point of reckoning

14. A paralysed state

15. We can afford it

Über Autor(innen)

Lansley, Stewart
Stewart Lansley is a visiting fellow in the School of Policy Studies, the University of Bristol, a Council member of the Progressive Economy Forum and a Research Associate at the Compass think-tank. He is a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and has written widely on poverty, wealth and inequality. His recent books include A Sharing Economy (2016), Breadline Britain, The Rise of Mass Poverty (with Joanna Mack, 2015) and The Cost of Inequality (2011).