The richer, the poorer : how Britain enriched the few and failed the poor : a 200-year history
Lansley, Stewart2022
Book
For 200 years, Britain's most powerful elites have been allowed to enrich themselves at the expense of surging inequality and mass poverty. This book charts the roller coaster history of both rich and poor, and the mechanisms that link wealth and impoverishment. Stewart Lansley traces the way financiers and executives have ruthlessly exploited their power to extract existing wealth at the cost of livelihoods and social resilience. He examines the bitter ideological rifts that have driven society back to the extreme divisions of the past. Why, he asks, are rich and poor citizens judged by very different standards, and why is the long 'cycle of privilege' as embedded today as a century earlier?
Main title:
Author:
Lansley, Stewart, author
Work:
Imprint:
Bristol : Policy Press, 2022.
Collation:
xvii, 300 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781447363217 (pbk)
Dewey class:
305.50941
Language:
English
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BRN:
3199671