Author Angus Hanton discusses his book Vassal State, which shows the hold of US corporations on the UK economy and how this can be resisted. (13:00-14:00, Thursday 5 December)
Date: Thursday 5 Deember, 13:00-14:00
Speakers:
- Angus Hayton, Author, Vassal State
- Luke Hildyard, Executive Director, High Pay Centre (Chair)
Vassal State lays bare the extent to which US corporations own and control Britain’s economy: how American business chiefs decide what we’re paid, what we buy, and how we buy it. US companies have carved up Britain between them, siphoning off enormous profits, buying up our most lucrative firms and assets, and extracting huge rents from UK PLC – all while paying little or no tax. Meanwhile, policymakers, from Whitehall mandarins to NHS chiefs, shape their decisions to suit the whims of our American corporate overlords.
Based on his 40 years of business experience, devastating new research, and interviews with the major players, at this event Angus Hanton will show how Britain has become the poor transatlantic relation – and set out what we can do to change it.