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Great Britain?
- How We Get Our Future Back
- Narrated by: Torsten Bell
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
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We all want to know what on earth is going on. Why real wages are flatlining but taxes are rising, and public services are still collapsing. Why our children can’t afford a house and our neighbours are using foodbanks. We are all yearning for a way out of the repeated economic crises, generational divisions and political dysfunction that dominate our lives. Most of all we want our – and Britain’s – future back.
Great Britain? is a much-needed antidote to the pervading sense that Britain is going backwards rather than forwards. It is both a clear-eyed and rigorous diagnosis of the problems facing our country – a unique toxicity of huge inequality and stagnant economic growth – and a hopeful case for reclaiming a different future: by building an investment nation of good work, resilient communities and secure homes, a society in which both burdens and prosperity are shared. As Torsten Bell shows in his bold vision for the alternative, the Britain of today contains the raw materials to build a better Britain for tomorrow.
In this treasure trove of analysis, Bell argues that our era of crisis and cynicism needs neither utopia nor nostalgia, but a practical patriotism of radical incrementalism to raise the living standards of middle- and lower-income households. He expertly and passionately points us towards a Britain that we can actually build – a future worth fighting for.
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- S J Rafferty
- 13-09-24
Sensible ideas well explained
As per the title and well narrated by the author. Right level of detail on each idea for a broad ideas book as well.
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- Stevie MacD
- 25-09-24
This book is stat tastic and so well explained
Pity he’s working for Labour now. Well narrated I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will dip in and out again and again.
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- Matthew D.
- 20-06-24
Great listen
I’ve been following Torsten for a while and have a lot of time for him. This is a brilliantly evidenced economic manifesto for Britain. Outlines the major issues we face and sensible ways to address them and more broadly how government should pursue incremental improvements rather than dismissing problems or starting from scratch.
The audiobook itself is very well read by Torsten and is easy to listen to.
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- EDDIE MILLER
- 27-06-24
Brilliant facts and figures
This man knows his stuff, worked in an around the UK government and banking industry. Very good explanation of what has happened, what is happening and the choices we all face in the future. Can't wait for the next 5 * book. Well worth a listen.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-06-24
Thorough and insightful
A detailed analysis with achievable policies to correct our errors as a nation. As to whether our politicians will rise to the challenge is another question!
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- Mr Mike P Williams
- 04-07-24
A must for our new leaders
I wish this was made compulsory reading for our new government - it feels like there is hope
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- Clive
- 23-06-24
Should be compulsory reading
Brilliant analysis and hope giving proposals to reverse the managed decline of the last 14 years.
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- Mark
- 16-07-24
great insighta into what could happen given a chance
really enjoyed this book, it's a grounded hope I've not had for a long time. It's really nice to hear refreshing views rather than the public conscious doomloop.
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- Binky
- 06-08-24
Eye opening!
Narration was very good.
This book puts forward proposals on reversing the decline of Great Britain under the Tories. I had no idea of the extent of damage to the economy, or how self serving the Tories were whilst wilfully and ignorantly damaged the population. Labour could do with reading this book too.
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- Mr. C. Thomas
- 29-06-24
This is what ISN’T in Labour’s manifesto
This is really thorough analysis of what’s wrong with Britain after 14 years of Tory mismanagement of the economy. Backed by data and anecdotal evidence of the human costs of this economic disaster, Bell outlines what’s gone wrong - and how it can be fixed.
As Bell is a Labour candidate in the election, Chapter 8 is particularly interesting, as it answers many of the questions about where a Labour government would find money to help fix the current mess.
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