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Super Rich � The Rise of Inequality in Britain and  the United States
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Super Rich � The Rise of Inequality in Britain and the United States Paperback - 2008 - 1st Edition

by Irvin, George

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Polity Pr, 2008. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 272 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.
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  • Title Super Rich � The Rise of Inequality in Britain and the United States
  • Author Irvin, George
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition New
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Polity Pr, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  • Date 2008
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # __0745644651
  • ISBN 9780745644653 / 0745644651
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 5.9 x 0.9 in (22.86 x 14.99 x 2.29 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects United States, Great Britain
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2020304234
  • Dewey Decimal Code 339.22

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From the rear cover

In the past 25 years, the distribution of income and wealth in Britain and the US has grown enormously unequal, far more so than in other advanced countries. The book, which is aimed at both an academic and a general audience, examines how this happened, starting with the economic shocks of the 1970s and the neo-liberal policies first applied under Thatcher and Reagan. In essence, growing inequality and economic instability is seen as driven by a US-style model of free-market capitalism that is increasingly deregulated and dominated by the financial sector.

Using a wealth of examples and empirical data, the book explores the social costs entailed by relative deprivation and widespread income insecurity, costs which affect not just the poor but now reach well into the middle classes. Uniquely, the author shows how inequality, changing consumption patterns and global financial turbulence are interlinked.

The view that growing inequality is an inevitable consequence of globalisation and that public finances must be squeezed is firmly rejected. Instead, it is argued that advanced economies need more progressive taxation to dampen fluctuations and to fund higher levels of social provision, taking the Nordic countries as exemplary. The broad political goal should be to return within a generation to the lower degree of income inequality which prevailed in Britain and the US during the years of post-war prosperity.

About the author

George Irvin is Professorial Research Fellow at SOAS, University of London.