Joel Budd has written for The Economist magazine since 2003. He has covered topics as wide-ranging as crime, California, international development and demography, as well as writing many articles and leaders about Britain. Before joining The Economist he studied and taught European history at New York University. He is a photographer, a baritone singer and an enthusiastic hiker, who is sadly not as young as he was. Underdogs is his first book.

A thoughtful, insightful and measured account of the life of Britain’s white working classes.

Joel Budd has written for The Economist magazine since 2003. He has covered topics as wide-ranging as crime, California, international development and demography, as well as writing many articles and leaders about Britain. Before joining The Economist he studied and taught European history at New York University. He is a photographer, a baritone singer and an enthusiastic hiker, who is sadly not as young as he was. Underdogs is his first book.

A thoughtful, insightful and measured account of the life of Britain’s white working classes.

Joel Budd has written for The Economist magazine since 2003. He has covered topics as wide-ranging as crime, California, international development and demography, as well as writing many articles and leaders about Britain. Before joining The Economist he studied and taught European history at New York University. He is a photographer, a baritone singer and an enthusiastic hiker, who is sadly not as young as he was. Underdogs is his first book.

A thoughtful, insightful and measured account of the life of Britain’s white working classes.