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Alpha City - How London Was Captured by the Super-Rich (Paperback)
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Alpha City - How London Was Captured by the Super-Rich (Paperback)
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Who owns London? In recent decades, it has fallen into the hands of
the super-rich. It is today the essential 'World City' for
High-Net-Worth Individuals and Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals.
Compared to New York or Tokyo, it has the largest number of wealthy
people per head of population. Taken as a whole, London is the
epicentre of the world's finance markets, an elite cultural hub,
and a place to hide one's wealth. Alpha City moves from gated
communities and the mega-houses of the super-rich to the disturbing
rise of evictions and displacements from the city. It shows how the
consequences of widening inequality have an impact on the urban
landscape. Rowland Atkinson presents a history of the property boom
economy, going back to the end of Empire. It tells the story of
eager developers, sovereign wealth and grasping politicians, all
paving the way for the wealthy colonisation of the cityscape. The
consequences of this transformation of the capital for capital is
the brutal expulsion of the urban poor, austerity, cuts,
demolitions, and a catalogue of social injustices.
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