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Barbara Amiel - Writer

As the wealth disparity between the elites and the rest of society grows, Stephen Sackur speaks to former newspaper editor, Barbara Amiel about the rising wave of political anger.

The proportion of wealth owned by a super-rich elite continues to grow in societies around the world. The glaring disparity between the 'have-mosts' and the 'have-nothings' has fuelled a wave of political anger. Stephen Sackur speaks to the former newspaper columnist, editor, and one-time high society hostess, Barbara Amiel whose recent memoir, wittingly or not, paints an extraordinary, even grotesque, picture of the lives of the wealthy.

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