
Unequal
How extreme inequality is damaging democracy and what we can do about it
Daniel York Loh(Speaker)
Ad Lib Publishers Ltd
Published on 13. April 2023
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978-1-80247-147-2 (ISBN)
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'The definitive guide to understanding our divided world'
Michael Jordaan
How extreme and growing inequality is destroying democracy and what we can do about it
The leading lights of the tech revolution - Gates, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk - have been hailed as savants and saviours of the modern age.
And yet they are at the forefront of wealth inequality not seen since the heyday of the robber barons in the late nineteenth century, part of the slide to the First World War. Today, rampant inequality is inciting social unrest and undermining faith in the institutions of the democratic state. Citizens have been left at the mercy of unfettered capitalism - mere data subjects, endlessly surveilled, marshalled and increasingly angry and polarised.
The decoupling of capitalism from democracy has fostered an economic system seemingly powered by greed alone, with the marginalisation of democratic principles facilitating the rise of authoritarians and populists like Putin, Xi Jinping, Trump and Boris Johnson.
How has it come to this? And does the unanticipated fightback in Ukraine, with support from the West, show us the way to reclaiming the lost spirit of freedom inherent in liberal democracy?
Michael Jordaan
How extreme and growing inequality is destroying democracy and what we can do about it
The leading lights of the tech revolution - Gates, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk - have been hailed as savants and saviours of the modern age.
And yet they are at the forefront of wealth inequality not seen since the heyday of the robber barons in the late nineteenth century, part of the slide to the First World War. Today, rampant inequality is inciting social unrest and undermining faith in the institutions of the democratic state. Citizens have been left at the mercy of unfettered capitalism - mere data subjects, endlessly surveilled, marshalled and increasingly angry and polarised.
The decoupling of capitalism from democracy has fostered an economic system seemingly powered by greed alone, with the marginalisation of democratic principles facilitating the rise of authoritarians and populists like Putin, Xi Jinping, Trump and Boris Johnson.
How has it come to this? And does the unanticipated fightback in Ukraine, with support from the West, show us the way to reclaiming the lost spirit of freedom inherent in liberal democracy?
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Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Gemini Books Group Ltd
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Product notice
Audio CD
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 196 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Duration
Dauer: 586 min
ISBN-13
978-1-80247-147-2 (9781802471472)
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