Who Runs Britain?

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Hodder & Stoughton, 2008 - Business & Economics - 360 pages
As Robert Peston shows in his fascinating new book, the seeds for the collapse of Northern Rock and the upheavals in the financial markets were sown years before. WHO RUNS BRITAIN? is the first time anyone has drawn all the threads together to weave a story that's rich in extraordinary characters and outrageous feats of economic bravado. This book is about the widening gap between the super-rich and the rest of us. It explores and explodes the myth that the financial creativity of those who are amassing these vast fortunes is good for the wider economy and for all of us. Whether you're a financial expert or just have a bank account, WHO RUNS BRITAIN? is a book you must read.

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About the author (2008)

Robert Peston is the BBC's Business Editor. In 2007, he won the Royal Television Society s Television Journalism Award for Scoop of the Year and the Wincott Award. He was Journalist of the Year in the Business Journalism of the Year Awards for 2007/8. Previously the Sunday Telegraph s City Editor and Political Editor at the Financial Times, he won the What The Papers Say award for investigative journalism. www.bbc.co.uk/robertpeston.