Who Runs Britain?

Informationen zum Autor Robert Peston is the BBC's Business Editor. Prior to joining the BBC! he was Political Editor and Financial Editor of the Financial Times! City Editor of the Sunday Telegraph and a columnist for the New Statesman and Sunday Times (inter alia). He has won numerous awards for his journalism! including Journalist of the Year and Scoop of the Year (twice) from the Royal Television Society! Performer of the Year from the Broadcasting Press Guild! Broadcaster of the Year and Journalist of the Year from the Wincott Foundation and Business Journalist of the Year from the London Press Club. Peston has published two critically acclaimed books! WHO RUNS BRITAIN?! his best-selling account of who is to blame for the economic and financial crisis of 2007-9! and BROWN'S BRITAIN! a biography of Gordon Brown and analysis of the New Labour government. His prize-winning blog! which has more than 800!000 readers! can be found at www.bbc.co.uk/robertpeston. He is the founder of Speakers for Schools (www.speakers4schools.org)! a pro bono educational service which organises free talks from inspirational speakers for students at state schools. He is a trustee of the Education and Employers Taskforce. He is married to the writer Sian Busby. You can follow Robert on twitter at www.Twitter.com/Peston Klappentext Award-winning journalist and BBC Business Editor Robert Peston lifts the lid on the credit crunch and the rise of the super-rich. This No 1 bestseller weaves a story that's rich in extraordinary characters and outrageous feats of economic bravado and addresses the widening gap between the super-rich and the rest of us. It explores and explodes the myth that the financial creativity of those who are amassing these vast fortunes is good for the wider economy and for all of us. Whether you're a financial expert or just have a bank account! WHO RUNS BRITAIN? is essential reading.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Peston
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2011
• EAN: 9780340993262
• ISBN: 978-0-340-99326-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Hodder Paperbacks; Hodder Paperbacks
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education