The Super-Rich and Us

The Super-Rich and Us investigates the impact of Britain’s billionaires on the nation’s economy. Home to more billionaires per capita than any other country in the world, the UK attracts the super-rich due to intricate tax loopholes that allow the wealthy to avoid paying what many consider their fair share. The rich have influenced British policy for decades, yet their wealth has not trickled down to the rest of Britain, as lawmakers originally intended when creating the current tax laws.

Presenter Jacques Peretti traces the financial inequality that developed in the UK throughout the late twentieth century. He interviews billionaires who speak openly about how existing policies allow them to protect their wealth. Furthermore, The Super-Rich and Us argues that policies which benefit the wealthy have a wider negative impact on the country’s lower and middle classes.