David Kauders – författare

The oldest democracy is now an obsolete model long overdue for replacement.Democracy is under threat. 90% of electors want political reform. But how to escape the mess? Britain should adopt a federal structure with a written constitution and an elected apolitical People's Council replacing autocratic and ineffective bodies, and preventing a slide into autocracy or worse.The United Kingdom needs fundamental change. Already we see that Labour are not thinking strategically about the causes of British decline. Tackling symptoms without the root causes is unlikely to be effective.Britain faces major challenges:The climate crisisAn over-centralised State that cannot cope with the complexity of the twenty-first centuryA tax base that favours oligarchs at the expense of the peopleDetermination to carry on the way things have always been done - "Nothing changes"Putting right the continuing damage done by a hard BrexitThis book offers one possible solution. It's meant to move the country's thinking forward. The book calls for major reforms like implementing federalism, creating a written constitution, establishing a People's Council, and redefining the monarchy's role. It investigates the failures within the system, poor policy decisions, and the negative impacts of neo-liberal policies, proposing solutions to improve democracy, economic performance, and international status.Only the people can bring about change. This book is a starting-point for discussion.Read the book now if you would like UK society and governance improved.Ignore the book if you are happy with everything the way it is.There is much waiting for you to discover, including the first-draft written constitution of the UK.

"Radical thinkers might have a point" - Financial TimesThe Greatest Crash argues that the financial system which evolved from the early Italian bankers has now reached a roadblock. The weight of debt already created prevents further economic expansion, while paying down the debt shrinks economies. To escape this trap, evolution is needed. But bureaucratic design, delegated government, and group think, all combine to prevent evolution.

How does a bear market in equities differ from a bull market? What lessons can be learned from events of the past quarter century in Japan? Have the norms of financial strategy changed?This provocative new book shows why the massive long-term capital market top spanning over fifteen years cannot be breached. Using his concept of the financial system limit, investment manager David Kauders explains how traditional economic cycles have been supplanted by a new economic cycle.