{"product_id":"9781786691552","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. Douglas 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. Reassessing 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. In the face of these twin threats, Carswell mounts a robust defense 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":"Head of Zeus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47053995311344,"sku":"9781786691552","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781786691552_p0.jpg?v=1763738052","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781786691552","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}