With the gap between the rich and poor ever-increasing, this book asks crucial questions about the management of a happy society supported by a fair economy.

Great Britain is often described as one of the world's most advanced nations, with profound economic prosperity and social mobility. Why, then, do so many people feel cheated by the system?

Wages are low for many jobs, inequalities are stark, and many feel they have been forced to commit to dead-end, unfulfilling livelihoods by the circumstances of their birth.

Dame Angela Eagle DBE is a prominent Labour party politician who has been a Member of Parliament since 1992.

Imran Ahmed is a political advisor to senior members of the Labour party.

Establishing the limitations and exploitations of the free market, The New Serfdom offers a fairer alternative to the way British society is run.