Why wealth inequality matters

Savage, Mike ORCID: 0000-0003-4563-9564, Mahmoudzadeh, Mina, Mann, Elizabeth, Vaughan, Michael ORCID: 0000-0003-3582-3296 and Hilhorst, Sacha (2024) Why wealth inequality matters. . International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Abstract

Over the past decade, wealth inequality – driven by the private ownership of assets such as property, savings, and investments -– has increasingly been recognised as a major divisive force in the UK, and across the globe. Numerous studies have emphasised that because wealth builds over long time periods and offers huge advantages to the wealthy, it is rapidly becoming the major driver of contemporary socio-economic inequality1. These arguments are not only gaining academic currency but are also increasingly gaining public attention, notably around strategies for taxing the super-rich. More needs to be done, however, to broaden the awareness of the challenges of wealth inequality across numerous policy fields, so that the true gravity of the issues is realised.

Item Type:	Monograph (Report)
Divisions:	Sociology International Inequalities Institute
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Date Deposited:	20 May 2024 14:33
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 05:05
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/123529

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