Alpha City
Alpha City How London was bought and sold by the Super-Rich, and what it means for the rest of usWho owns London? It is today the essential "World City" for High-Net-Worth Individuals and…
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Alpha City
How London was bought and sold by the Super-Rich, and what it means for the rest of usWho owns London? It is today the essential "World City" for High-Net-Worth Individuals and Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals. In recent decades, it has fallen into the hands of the super-rich.
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.Rowland Atkinson presents a history of the property boom economy, going back to the end of Empire. Compared to New York or Tokyo, the two cities that bear the closest comparison, it has the largest number of wealthy people per head of population. 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