Follow the Money

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''This is a brilliant book. Buy it, read it and weep'' The Times

''The antidote to naivety that our political class needs'' Sunday Times, Book of the Week

''A treasure trove of killer facts'' Guardian

''Read it, absorb it, and understand how the country works'' Laura Kuenssberg

''If you want to understand why crazy politics routinely trumps economic rationality in government choices, read this'' Robert Peston

Paul Johnson and the enormously respected Institute for Fiscal Studies aim to hold Government to account - without which politicians will get away with their half-truths, elisions and dubious claims. This is a forensic examination - by the man best placed to do so - of the way the state raises and spends -1 trillion of our money every year. To follow the money. To provide an explanation, of where that money comes from and where it