{"product_id":"9781786691545","title":"Rebel: How to Overthrow the Emerging Oligarchy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\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","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152675651824,"sku":"9781786691545","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781786691545_p0.jpg?v=1763738422","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781786691545","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}