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Item specifics
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- ISBN
- 1788737970
- EAN
- 9781788737975
- Date of Publication
- 2020-06-16
- Publication Name
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- Type
- Hardback
- Release Title
- Alpha City: How London Was Captured by the Super-Rich
- Artist
- Rowland Atkinson
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Verso Books
ISBN-10
1788737970
ISBN-13
9781788737975
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13038396353
Product Key Features
Book Title
Alpha City : How London Was Captured by the Super-Rich
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2020
Topic
Political Economy, Social History, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Public Policy / Regional Planning
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
12.2 Oz
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2019-467731
Reviews
" Alpha City is the heart-breaking, carefully-told, story of how London--its heart, mind and soul--was stolen from the people by the plutocrats and their minions. When, the book asks, will the greed of the super-rich end up strangling the city, whose body sustains them? Rowland Atkinson has delved deep to uncover the extent of the super-rich's grip on London. A masterpiece." --Danny Dorling, author of Inequality and 1%
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
330.9421
Synopsis
How London was bought and sold by the Super-rich, and what it means for the rest of us Who owns London? In recent decades London has been bought by the super-rich. It is today the essential 'World City' for High Net Worth Individuals HNWI] and Ultra High Net Worth Individuals UHNWI]. Compared to New York or Tokyo, the two other key 'world' cities, it has the largest number of wealthy people per head of population. Taken as a whole, London is the epicentre of the world's finance markets, an elite cultural hub, a place to hide one's wealth. Alpha City presents the story of the property boom economy of the last decades, since the end of Empire. It tells the story of eager developers, sovereign wealth and grasping politicians who paved the way for the wealthy colonisation of the cityscape. The consequences of this transformation of the capital for capital is the brutal expulsion of the urban poor, austerity, cuts, demolitions, and a catalogue of social injustices. This Faustian pact has resulted in the sale and destruction of public assets, while turning a blind eye toward criminal money laundering to feather their own nests Alpha City moves from gated communities and the mega-houses of the super rich to the disturbing rise of evictions and displacements from the city. It shows how the consequences of widening inequality impresses itself upon the urban geography. This is the most harrowing portrait of the city., How London was bought and sold by the Super-Rich, and what it means for the rest of us Who owns London? In recent decades, it has fallen into the hands of the super-rich. It is today the essential "World City" for High-Net-Worth Individuals and Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals. Compared to New York or Tokyo, the two cities that bear the closest comparison, it has the largest number of wealthy people per head of population. Taken as a whole, London is the epicentre of the world's finance markets, an elite cultural hub, and a place to hide one's wealth. Rowland Atkinson presents a history of the property boom economy, going back to the end of Empire. It tells the story of eager developers, sovereign wealth and grasping politicians, all paving the way for the wealthy colonisation of the cityscape. The consequences of this transformation of the capital for capital is the brutal expulsion of the urban poor, austerity, cuts, demolitions, and a catalogue of social injustices. This Faustian pact has resulted in the sale and destruction of public assets, while the rich turn a blind eye toward criminal money laundering to feather their own nests. Alpha City moves from gated communities and the mega-houses of the super-rich to the disturbing rise of evictions and displacements from the city. It shows how the consequences of widening inequality have an impact on the urban landscape.
LC Classification Number
HT178
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