Extreme wealth has a deadening effect on the super-rich – and that threatens us all
Extreme wealth has a deadening effect on the super-rich – and that threatens us all
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In a kayak off the Devon coast I witnessed the kind of entitled mindlessness that has ravaged society, and our planet, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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