{"product_id":"serious-money-walking-plutocratic-london","title":"Serious Money : Walking Plutocratic London","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLondon is a plutocrat's paradise, with more resident billionaires than New York, Hong Kong or Moscow. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFar from trickling down, their wealth is burning up the environment and swallowing up the city. But what do we really know about London's super rich, and the lives they lead? To find out more about this secretive elite, sociologist Caroline Knowles walks the streets of London from the City to suburban Surrey.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHer walks reveal how the wealthy shape the capital in their image, creating a new world of gated communities and luxury developments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlong the way we meet a wide and wickedly entertaining cast of millionaires, billionaires and those who serve them: bankers, tech tycoons, Conservative party donors, butlers, bodyguards, divorce lawyers and many more. By turns jaw-dropping, enraging and enlightening,\u003cem\u003e Serious Money\u003c\/em\u003e explodes the fiction that wealth is a condition to aspire to, revealing the isolation and paranoia which accompany it when the plutocrat's recompense - a life of unlimited luxury - ultimately proves hollow. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt is a powerful reminder that it is not just the super-rich who get to make the city: we make it too, and could demand something different.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBecause serious money is good for no one - not even the rich.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caroline Knowles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44345407242497,"sku":"9780141994376","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-2024-01-12T161505.522.png?v=1705076120","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/serious-money-walking-plutocratic-london","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}