- Imprint: Penguin
- ISBN: 9781802064100
- Length: 256 pages
- Price: £10.99
The Blind Spot
How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies
Jonathan Eig, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for King: A LifeThis book grips like a political thriller, warns like an alarm, and astonishes on every page. It’s not only one of most important books I’ve read in a long time, it’s also a real page-turner. After reading The Blind Spot, you'll never see democracy the same way again
Brooke Harrington, author of OffshoreThis book is a game-changer. From the first sentence, Winters offers incisive insights about democracy’s capture by oligarchs that are both enlightening and frightening. Nearly every page offers a mic-drop revelation. If ever a book appeared at the right time and place, this is it
Yanis Varoufakis, bestselling author of Talking to My Daughter About the EconomyAnd now, when the oligarchs wield power that would make the old gods blush, Winters' book arrives, a work of fearful urgency
Jane Mayer, New York Times bestselling author of Dark MoneyNo one knows more about the rise of oligarchy in America than Jeffrey Winters. Anyone concerned about the domination of democracy by the ultra-rich should read this damning book
David Cay JohnstonThe Blind Spot is rigorously reported, with powerful facts and insights, all told with an engaging human touch about how we can create widespread prosperity by becoming a just and equitable society
Danny DorlingJeffrey Winters’ The Blind Spot is a masterpiece, exposing how big money has come to dominate the discourse of democracies, what can be discussed and what is – for now – not even debatable
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