Publisher's Synopsis
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
'Authoritative, forensic and humane - a critical voice for our troubled times' EMILY MAITLIS
Things 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
'Spiced with wit, this is a masterful, fact-packed ... prescription for a great social and economic restoration' POLLY TOYNBEE
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.
