Here in the heart of Robin Hood country, where the legendary outlaw touted an innovative economic model in the 12th century, Britain's latest political star is proposing something similar for the 21st.
The government needs to stop concentrating wealth in the hands of the have-a-lots and start investing in public services and welfare benefits for the have-nots, Jeremy Corbyn tells hundreds of merry men and women eagerly gathered to hear him speak in downtown Nottingham.
After all, he says, single parents, nurses and other ordinary workers didn't cause the 2008 financial crisis; bankers bent on "grotesque" profits did.