‘Britain is Bust’ by Ross Clark
Matthew Lynn examines a book that predicts a debt crisis and reviews the cuts to public spending that would in all likelihood be needed in the event of financial collapse.
Matthew Lynn examines a book that predicts a debt crisis and reviews the cuts to public spending that would in all likelihood be needed in the event of financial collapse.
Matthew Lynn reviews a defence of economic growth and rising prosperity that rejects the ‘degrowth’ argument as a failure of economic imagination.
Matthew Lynn reviews a sharp, accessible and well-researched volume that argues that the globalization project that dominated from the fall of the Berlin Wall until roughly the mid-2010s is already dead and must be replaced with an alternative.
Contrary to the claims of the liberal-left about dramatic inequality and the need for greater taxation in order to prevent societal disintegration, as Daniel Waldenström makes clear in this timely new book, we have, in fact, been getting both richer and more equal – and could continue to do so.
What Went Wrong With Capitalism tells a powerful story about how the system of making and selling has changed dramatically over the last fifty years, drawing on a wealth of data to challenge the narrative about what is wrong with modern capitalism, and how only a stronger state can fix it.