In 2020, after three and a half years of bitter negotiations, Britain left the European Union. For some it was a day of freedom, for others a tragedy which would leave Britain isolated and poorer. Vote Brexit, the Remain campaign warned us, and it would be an act of self-harm. The economy would collapse, sending prices and unemployment soaring. Meanwhile, in contrast to xenophobic, inward-looking Britain, the EU would soar ahead without us. But is that really what has happened? Ross Clark reveals just how badly the EU is doing - and how in many ways Britain is doing better. Since Brexit, for example, the UK economy has grown faster than Germany's. In spite of inflation which followed the pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine, Britain has the lowest food prices in Europe. The air is cleaner than in many countries. Surveys repeatedly suggest there is less racism and xenophobia in Britain than in almost any other European country. For years, European economies have been far more sluggish than those of other developed countries. In the absence of economic growth and with high migration, European societies are strained. The far right is advancing and public disillusionment with the EU growing quickly. While Britain shares many of Europe's problems to a greater or less extent, this hard-hitting polemic argues that it now has the means to disentangle itself from the EU's draw strings set off on a more prosperous path.

Far from Eutopia: How Europe is failing – and Britain could do better

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Clark, Ross

Diseases & Physical Ailments

ABACUS +

We are constantly being told that we are on the cusp of a cashless society. The financial services industry would certainly like to see it that way. We are being enticed with contactless cards, mobile phone payment apps, and methods of bank transfer: all, apparently, for our convenience. But as Ross Clark argues in this compelling new book, it is not in our interests to surrender the right to use cash. Commercial interests want us to pay electronically in order to collect valuable data on our spending habits, while governments would love us to move to cashless payments in order to control the economy in ways which suit it, not us. If we choose to pay electronically, that is one thing, but we will regret it if we do not defend the right to pay with cash.

The War Against Cash: The plot to empty your wallet and own your financial future – and why you MUST fight it

Business & Money

Economics

Harriman House

The Best of Ross Clark on Practice Management

Medical Books

Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary Medicine Pub. Co

VETERINARY ECONOMICS magazine Practice Management Editor Dr. Ross Clark offers top-quality management advice on such topics as hiring and training your staff, stimulating positive cash flow, forging partnership agreements, and advertising your practice. A comprehensive workbook of management forms, ready to copy and implement immediately, is included at no extra cost.

Mastering the Marketplace: Taking Your Practice to the Top

Amer Animal Hospital Assn

Education & Reference

A comprehensive handbook for those who want to expand their use and knowledge of native North American species for bonsai. Bonsai practitioners, beginners and seasoned alike, will find this book to be an indispensable reference. Over 250 pictures. Soft cover 8 ½" x 11", 285 pages

Native North American Plants for Bonsai

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

American Bonsai Society

In this entertaining and highly revealing account of his attempt to dodge Britain's 4.2 million CCTV cameras and other forms of surveillance, Ross Clark lays bare the astonishing amount of personal data which is hoarded by the state and by commercial organizations, and asks whom should we fear most: the government agencies who are spying on us - or the criminals who seem to prosper in the swirling fog of excessive data-collection.

The Road to Big Big Brother: One Man s Struggle against the Surveillance Society

Encounter Books

Not Zero: How an Irrational Target Will Impoverish You, Help China (and Won't Even Save the Planet)

The British government has embarked on an ambitious and legally-binding climate change target: reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2050. The Net Zero policy was subject to almost no parliamentary or public scrutiny, and is universally approved by our political class. But what will its consequences be? Ross Clark argues that it is a terrible mistake, an impractical hostage to fortune which will have massive downsides. Achieving the target is predicated on the rapid development of technologies that are either non-existent, highly speculative or untested. Clark shows that efforts to achieve the target will inevitably result in a huge hit to living standards, which will clobber the poorest hardest, and gift a massive geopolitical advantage to hostile superpowers such as China and Russia. The unrealistic and rigid timetable it imposes could also result in our committing to technologies which turn out to be ineffective, all while distracting ourselves from the far more important objective of adaptation. This hard-hitting polemic provides a timely critique of a potentially devastating political consensus which could hobble Britain's economy, cost billions and not even be effective.

Science & Math

Earth Sciences

Forum

Britain in the near future. A campaign to cut carbon emissions to zero is beginning to bite. Power cuts have become a regular feature of life and standards of living have fallen sharply for all but a small elite of climate influencers, who are excused the strict rules on personal carbon budgeting which apply to everyone else. When a storm and tidal surge unexpectedly strikes London, retired meteorologist Bryan Geavis is the first to notice, and later refuses to accept the official explanation that climate change has caused the disaster or made the weather more unpredictable. Awkward and stubborn, yet with a rigorous scientific mind, he finds himself sucked into a battle against public and political hysteria. The Denial is a fast-paced, fascinating story that, while entertaining in its own right, explores ideas of democracy, freedom of speech and the pre-eminence of rational thought. It is a 'must read' for anyone interested in political and social satire, democracy, modern media and green issues.

The Denial: A satirical novel of climate change

Literature & Fiction

Humor & Satire

Lume Books

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