Book description
THE STATE WE'RE IN, Will Hutton's explosive analysis of British
society, was the biggest selling politico-economic work since the Second
World War. Now, as the world realigns itself in the wake of September
11, Hutton turns his attention to the global picture, and the ways in
which the new world should be ordered. To understand the global economy,
Hutton argues, one must first understand the United States where, over
the past 30 years, the forces of conservatism have achieved such
supremacy as to reduce liberalism to a term of abuse. The results have
been dire: America is a weaker, fragmented society, and its economic
strenths are oversold and misunderstood. But Britain and Europe are
different: our attitudes towards property, equality, social solidarity
and the public realm are strikingly distinct from Amerrica's current
conservative leanings. Europe should not be afraid to stand up against
the American version of globalisation, and champion the cause of a
reinvigorated international society - taking over the mantle now
abandoned by the US. Will Hutton was Editor of the Observer for 3
years and still writes their Leader columns.
