{"product_id":"rebel-how-to-overthrow-the-emerging-oligarchy","title":"Rebel: How to Overthrow the Emerging Oligarchy","description":"\u003cp\u003ePolitics has never been more unpredictable. Radical populists and insurgents have turned politics-as-usual on its head. \u003ci\u003eRebel\u003c\/i\u003e explores how we got here, where we are heading and what we can do about it. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDouglas Carswell argues that these insurgencies are a reaction against the emergence of a political and economic oligarchy that has subverted our democracy and stifled our market system. 'Politics,' he writes, 'is a cartel. Like the economy, it is rigged in the interests of a few.' This leaves our liberal, democratic order – the mechanism that has allowed a historically unprecedented proportion of humanity to flourish – facing a twin assault: oligarchs on the one hand, radical populists on the other. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReassessing history and politics, \u003ci\u003eRebel\u003c\/i\u003e puts forward a bold new thesis: we are not the first to face such a threat. Oligarchic cartels have clogged the arteries of nations and economies throughout history, triggering radical insurgencies in protest. But all too often the radicals have strengthened the hand of the oligarchs: the Roman, Venetian and Dutch republics all succumbed to cartels. 'Anti-oligarch radicals,' the author notes, 'have often made the oligarchs seem the more attractive option.' So, too, today, he suggests. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the face of these twin threats, Carswell mounts a robust defence of the liberal, democratic order. Drawing on his first-hand experience in taking on – and beating – the established political parties, he proposes a profound reform of politics and capitalism to free us from the cartels, listing the practical steps needed to make this revolutionary change happen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Protest movements, Capitalism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Head of Zeus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781786691552\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Carswell, Douglas","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.06","offer_id":48172554092721,"sku":"SB-1786691558-C3","price":1.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1786691558.jpg?v=1794434210","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/rebel-how-to-overthrow-the-emerging-oligarchy","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}