The west is in crisis. Governments have grown too big, living beyond their means – and ours. The true costs of extra officialdom have been concealed. Parasitical politicians have been hopeless at holding to account the elites who now preside over us. As a result, Western nations are mired in debt and chronically misgoverned. Should we despair? Actually, no. Precisely because the West s Big Government model is bust, things are going to have to change. The West is on the cusp of dramatic changes driven by the failure of her elites, technology and maths. At the precise moment Big Government becomes unaffordable, the internet revolution makes it possible to do without it. Be optimistic. We are going to be able to manage without government – and thrive. The old political and economic order is about to give way to something vastly better.
Editorial Reviews
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Terrifying in its diagnosis, thrilling in its prognosis, Douglas Carswell s radical, clear-sighted and subversive book is an illuminating glimpse of how the West urgently must and still can escape death by top-down bureaucratic suffocation. –Matt Ridley, author of The Rational Optimist
Carswell puts his finger on the key dilemmas of the age. A fascinating read from a refreshing and independent Conservative voice. –Boris Johnson
A challenging proposition but he argues it robustly. Let s pray he is right. –Frederick Forsyth
as a revolutionary text, Carswell’s is right up there with the Communist Manifesto –Sunday Times Culture
Quietly, a battle for the soul of the Conservative party rages and Carswell is on the intellectual frontline. –Progress Online
“a passionately expressed set of arguments about why our current political arrangements do not work.” –Charles Moore, Daily Telegraph
Quietly, a battle for the soul of the Conservative party rages and Carswell is on the intellectual frontline. –Progress Online
About the Author
DOUGLAS CARSWELL is a prolific writer, blogger and commentator. He was elected to Parliament in 2005 and Parliamentarian of the Year by readers of the Spectator. Douglas blogs each day at TalkCarswell.com and has written for the Guardian, Financial Times, Sunday Times, Mail on Sunday, News of the World, Daily Telegraph and Spectator.
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