Vassal State

‘A provocative and detailed study of how Britain’s economy fell victim to US power – and how to respond … Excellent’ - Tomiwa Owolade, The Telegraph

'Read this and you’ll never again have a high street coffee, switch on your computer – do virtually anything – without pausing, anxiously, to think about the suffocating extent of American corporate domination of our lives. Meticulous and calm, Angus Hanton peels away the corporate layers of ‘British’ capitalism to show how we’ve allowed a kind of reverse colonisation sucking billions of pounds daily to Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco and New York' Polly Toynbee

'Painstakingly researched and elegantly written, Vassal State is an eye-opening revelation of US-based corporations’ near-complete control of the UK economy. Tracing the reasons behind the takeover, why it matters, and what needs to be done to reverse it, this is a must-read for anyone who cares about the UK’s future' - Joel Bakan, author of The New Corporation: Why ‘Good’ Corporations are Bad for Democracy

'A shocking and meticulous description of how today a majority of all the assets held by US corporations in Europe are in the UK; how recent British Prime Minsters and Chancellors have sold out their country; and what has to be done to avoid a historic bankruptcy of Britain and take back control from the Americans’ - Danny Dorling, author of Shattered Nation

'What would it really mean to ’take back control’ of the British economy? In this fascinating and provocative book, Angus Hanton argues that we need to understand the hold US corporations over the UK’s economic prospects - and decide what to do about it' - Diane Coyle, Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge

'Vassal State takes the reader on a dizzying tour of an economy that has come to resemble Orwell’s Airstrip One' - Will Dunn, New Statesman

'A lively polemic that asks some timely questions' - Matthew Partridge, Moneyweek

'Fascinating reading. It exposes the extraordinary extent of US influence in Britain. It is provocative, providing valuable food for thought for Britain and the British people' - TheSociety of Professional Economists

‘You’ll read it with fascination, anger and a desperate wish for change’ - Alexander Larman, Telegraph Best Politics Books of 2024

‘If we Britons are all under America’s thumb, as this stirring book suggests, at least we can’t say we weren’t warned’ - Telegraph, Best Books of 2024