Great Britain?
How We Get Our Future Back
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Publishing:20th Feb '25
£10.99
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Torsten Bell's Great Britain? explores the nation's socio-economic challenges and presents a hopeful vision for a more equitable future.
In Great Britain?, Torsten Bell, a prominent economist and Labour MP for Swansea West, provides a thorough examination of the challenges currently facing the nation. With a background as the former Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation, Bell is uniquely positioned to analyze the pressing issues of inequality and stagnant economic growth that plague the country. He presents a clear-eyed diagnosis of these problems and offers an alternative vision that is both practical and hopeful.
Bell argues that the current climate of chaos and cynicism requires a departure from both utopian ideals and nostalgic thinking. Instead, he champions a form of practical patriotism aimed at raising living standards and fostering a more equitable society. Throughout Great Britain?, readers will find a wealth of enlightening analyses and innovative ideas that challenge the status quo and inspire action.
This book is not just a critique; it is a call to arms for a future worth pursuing. With its blend of insightful commentary and a hopeful outlook, Great Britain? serves as a roadmap for those seeking to understand and improve the socio-economic landscape of the UK. Bell's passionate vision encourages readers to envision a better Britain that is achievable and worth fighting for.
If one wants to understand some of the best thinking in the governing Labour party … this is an invaluable analysis and a call to arms -- Martin Wolf * FT Books of the Year, 2024 *
A roadmap to the new normal … surprisingly hopeful … required reading for the new intake … this is an incisive, upbeat vision of how a Labour government could turn things around even in difficult times -- Gaby Hinsliff * Observer *
An economic blueprint for a Starmer administration * New Statesman *
Bell is an excellent writer with a talent for putting things so clearly and crisply that they lodge easily in the brain ... Although Bell is pretty bleak about Britain’s condition, he is refreshingly optimistic about our chances of catching up with our peers -- Emma Duncan * The Times *
This is stellar: brilliant, incredibly pragmatic and serious about the country we are. It presents a wonderful opportunity for an incoming government. -- Rory Stewart
Spiced with wit, this is a masterful, fact-packed indictment of modern Britain after its decade of decline. But there is also hope and optimism in its practical prescription for a great social and economic restoration. -- Polly Toynbee
A refreshingly honest and nuanced analysis of our economic decline, and a clear-headed appraisal of what needs to be done to pull ourselves out of it -- MoneyWeek
Fascinating stuff - recommended reading -- Henry Mance
No one has done more to re-inject sanity into our national policy debates – Torsten Bell writes with optimism and clarity about the things we are getting right, as well as the stuff we should be desperate to improve. Authoritative, forensic and humane – a critical voice for our troubled times. -- Emily Maitlis
An incisive, challenging and brilliantly researched agenda to deliver what Britain needs: inclusive and sustainable growth. -- Gordon Brown
ISBN: 9781529932393
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 15mm
Weight: 200g
320 pages