About the Author

Stewart Lansley is an economist, financial journalist and broadcaster. A leading authority on wealth and poverty, he has written on economics, business and social policy for a variety of academic and specialist journals as well as the Guardian, the Independent, The Times and the New Statesman. Previously he wrote Topman: How Philip Green Built His High Street Empire (2006 selling over 10,000 copies 9781845131685/9781845131005) and of Londongrad (2009 9781845131685).

Reviews

'Compelling... urgent.' Times Higher Education Supplement New Statesman Book of the Year Peter Wilby 'Devastating.' Nial Cooper, Church Action on Poverty 'Seminal.' Neal Lawson, guardian.co.uk 'Very timely.' David Smith, Sunday Times