Rich is Beautiful: A Very Personal Defence of Mass Affluence

North, Richard D.

ISBN 10: 1904863027 / ISBN 13: 9781904863021

Published by Social Affairs Unit, London, 2005

About this Item

Looks unused. A lovely copy in like new condition in a like new dust jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rich is Beautiful: A Very Personal Defence of Mass Affluence
• Publisher: Social Affairs Unit, London
• Publication Date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1904863027
• ISBN 13: 9781904863021
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Like New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Like New

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Synopsis

This book celebrates capitalism, red in tooth and claw. It also bigs-up good old-fashioned democracy (which alone ensures the lazy and ignorant masses are ruled by elites). If you like supermarkets or speedboats - and if you would quite like to be both more rich and more spiritual - this is the book for you.
This is the first account of modern Western society which explains why it is good for us, and the whole world. Never mind the nay-saying soft-left liberal mindset of the media and universities - think positive and enjoy being part of the luckiest generation of humans the planet has ever seen.
Written with wit and verve by the UK's foremost pundit of the free market, this book draws on a huge range of experience and research. Movies, TV shows and pop culture - and absence of culture - are all part of the mix.

Review

Interestingly preposterous. -- Steven Poole, The Guardian

This book is an entertaining and informative Panglossian
manifesto...an entertaining work -- Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times