Questions about the book

It looks at extreme wealth, power and equality: how today’s fortunes are made, how wealth turns into influence, and what really happens when the obvious-sounding answer of taking from the top and sharing it out meets a complex economic system.

Neither, at least not in the simple sense. Spencer Bridge takes the moral case for confronting extreme wealth seriously, then examines in detail what happens when an apparently simple solution collides with the real economy. Where he lands is best discovered in the book.

It deals with politics, taxation and power, but it isn’t written for a party or a campaign. It is an investigation, and readers from different starting points will find things to agree and argue with.

Anyone who has felt that the economy no longer adds up and wants to understand why, beyond the headlines and slogans. You don’t need a background in economics. The book is written in plain language.

A prelude followed by eighteen chapters in six parts, moving from the age of extreme wealth to the question of what a fairer future might require.

Yes. The book draws on the work of economists, historians, journalists and researchers, with sources noted throughout. The opinions and conclusions are the author’s own.

Yes. A short extract from the opening of the book is available on the Read an Extract page.

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