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Big Capital Anna Minton

Big Capital

Who is London for?

London is facing the worst housing crisis in modern times, with knock-on effects for the rest of the UK. Despite the desperate shortage of housing, tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of affordable homes are being pulled down, replaced by luxury apartments aimed at foreign investors. In this ideological war, housing is no longer considered a public good. Instead, only market solutions are considered - and these respond to the needs of global capital, rather than the needs of ordinary people. In politically uncertain times, the housing crisis has become a key driver creating and fuelling the inequalities of a divided nation. Anna Minton cuts through the complexities, jargon and spin to give a clear-sighted account of how we got into this mess and how we can get out of it.

Reviews

"Fierce, incisive, important. Anyone who lives or works in a building should read this book." 

Will Self

"A studied, sustained attack on a market that has been mishandled by successive governments for 40 years, not because politicians have been unable to remedy it but because it has been expedient not to. It makes for painful - yet compelling - reading" 

Nathan Brooker, Financial Times

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"Diligent and determined ... Eye-opening ... Minton builds a powerful case ... A call to imagine what is politically possible"

Richard Godwin, Evening Standard

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