The Middle Classes: Their Rise and Sprawl Trouble Ahead

Trouble Ahead

Changing attitudes to work and money, contrasting the positions of respect enjoyed by professional people prior to Margaret Thatcher's cultural revolution with their current loss of status, and how the qualities of commitment, prudence and loyalty prized by stalwarts of the City have been replaced by pragmatism and self interest. Tim Emens explains how financial gain has failed to compensate for the lack of job satisfaction enjoyed by his father Mike