'The State We're In', Will Hutton's explosive analysis of British society, was the biggest selling politico-economic work to be published since the Second World War. Now, as the world realigns itself in the wake of the 11th September atrocities, Hutton turns his attention to the global picture, and the ways in which the new world should be ordered.
To understand the global economy, Hutton argues, one must first understand the United States where, over the past thirty years there, the forces of conservatism have achieved such supremacy as to reduce liberalism to a term of abuse.
In 'The World We're In', Will Hutton brilliantly exposes the pernicious nature of these arguments. He lays bare modern America for what it is: a country of inequality in risk, opportunity and income, where 1 per cent of the population owns 38 per cent of the wealth, and 19 per cent live in terrible poverty.
A stunning dissection of modern politics and economics, 'The World We're In' is a powerfully argued, invigorating account.
