{"product_id":"9781472112248","title":"Fleeced!: How we've been betrayed by the politicians, bureaucrats and bankers - and how much they've cost us","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the past decade some £3 trillion - equivalent to £50,000 for every person in Britain - has been taken from us by the ruling elites. Half was wasted in a splurge of poorly-managed public spending in the 'boom', while the other half evaporated in the 'bust' - siphoned off by city bonuses, vaporised by a collapse in pension savings and extorted to bail out the banking sector. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn their explosive new book, David Craig and Matthew Elliott trace where the money has gone and who has become richer as a result. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey name and shame the 'guilty': the incompetent bureaucrats that fail to deliver the services the taxpayer deserves; the multitude of ineffective regulators and watchdogs; the politicians that have betrayed our democracy and enriched themselves; and the self-serving and arrogant city bankers. Moreover, they calculate the enormous debt that awaits the British taxpayer as a result of our rulers' avarice and economic mismanagement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFleeced!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e charts the greatest impoverishment and tax swindle of the public in British history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129600622832,"sku":"9781472112248","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781472112248_p0.jpg?v=1769892868","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472112248","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}