Octopus Publishing Group Share Power : Why The Financial System Should Work For Everyone: And How You Have The Power To Change It

'Lively, intelligent and packed with revelations, Share Power explains how even the smallest of investors can make themselves heard.A copy of this book should be on the desk of anyone with a pension.' Allister Heath, Editor, The Sunday TelegraphIn this scintillating book, award-winning financial commentator Merryn Somerset Webb reveals a much-overlooked fact; every share we own comes with a vote.What few people know is that we can use these votes to influence company decisions - on everything from executive pay to corporate strategy. Delving deep into the world of corporate capitalism - from the privatisation of state-owned companies in the 1980s, to the financial crash of 2008 and the growth of the modern multinational - Share Power shows us how capitalism went wrong and how, with six simple recommendations, every one of us now has the power to make it work for us.