The Inequality of Wealth

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Liam Byrne warns that we’re fast approaching a point of no return beyond which we bequeath to Generation Z a dystopian future of irreversible rifts between the super-rich and the rest that erodes the internal bonds of once united countries and triggers the failure or the fracturing of nations. Yet it doesn’t need to be like this. Change is now happening so fast that we’re seeing the stuff of science fiction become a reality. The future won’t be a land of milk and honey but it could be a place where we live longer, happier, healthier, and wealthier lives. But only if we master new ways of sharing wealth without war or revolution. Liam Byrne draws on conversations and debates with former prime ministers, presidents, policymakers and experts around the world to argue that it’s time for solutions that aren’t just radical but plausible and achievable as well.

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The super-rich have never had it so good. But millions of us can’t afford a home, an education or a pension. And unless we change course soon, the future will be even worse. Much worse. But things don’t have to be like this.In this bold new book, former Treasury Minister Liam Byrne explains why wealth inequality has grown so fast in recent years; warns how it threatens our society, economy and politics; shows where economics has got it wrong – and lays out a path back to common sense, with five practical ways to rebuild an old ideal: the wealth-owning democracy. Liam Byrne draws on conversations and debates with former prime ministers, presidents and policymakers around the world, together with experts at the OECD, World Bank and IMF, to argue that after twenty years of statistics and slogans it’s time for solutions that aren’t just radical but plausible and achievable as well. The future won’t be a land of milk and honey but it could be a place where we live longer, happier, healthier and wealthier lives.

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Dimensions 234 × 153 mm
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Cover

Hardback

Pages

304

Language

English

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Dewey

339.20941 (edition:23)

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General – Trade / Code: K