Inequality and the 1%
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Can we afford the rich? Why the growth of the super rich are making the UK a more dangerous place to live
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Inequality and the 1% by Danny Dorling
Since the great recession hit in 2008, the 1% has only grown richer while the rest find life increasingly tough. The gap between the haves and the have-nots has turned into a chasm. While the rich have found new ways of protecting their wealth, everyone else has suffered the penalties of austerity. But inequality is more than just economics. Being born outside the 1% has a dramatic impact on a person's potential: reducing life expectancy, limiting education and work prospects, and even affecting mental health. What is to be done? In Inequality and the 1% leading social thinker Danny Dorling lays bare the extent and true cost of the division in our society and asks what have the superrich ever done for us. He shows that inquality is the greatest threat we face and why we must urgently redress the balance.
With brilliance and passion Dorling analyses the mind-set of entitlement among those who
hold ever tighter to money, power and life's best rewards, generation to generation-- Polly Toynbee * Guardian *
Takes an empirical look at how lives of the richest damage the rest of society. -- Melissa Benn * New Statesman (Books of the Year) *
Dorling asks questions about inequality that fast become unswervable: can we afford the superrich? Can society prosper? Can we realize our potential? -- Zoe Williams * Guardian *
A brilliant analysis of the nature of inequality in the UK. It is a 'must read' for anyone who
wants to understand inequality and how we might tackle it. -- Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive, RSA
Dorling provides the brain-cleaning software we need to begin creating a happier
society. -- Richard Wilkinson, author of The Spirit Level
Original and angry. * Wall Street Journal *
hold ever tighter to money, power and life's best rewards, generation to generation-- Polly Toynbee * Guardian *
Takes an empirical look at how lives of the richest damage the rest of society. -- Melissa Benn * New Statesman (Books of the Year) *
Dorling asks questions about inequality that fast become unswervable: can we afford the superrich? Can society prosper? Can we realize our potential? -- Zoe Williams * Guardian *
A brilliant analysis of the nature of inequality in the UK. It is a 'must read' for anyone who
wants to understand inequality and how we might tackle it. -- Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive, RSA
Dorling provides the brain-cleaning software we need to begin creating a happier
society. -- Richard Wilkinson, author of The Spirit Level
Original and angry. * Wall Street Journal *
Danny Dorling is the Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, Oxford. He appears regularly on TV and radio, and writes for the Guardian, New Statesman and other papers. He advises government and the office for national statistics. Among his books are All That Is Solid; Population 10 Billion; So You Think You Know About Britain?; and Injustice.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784782078 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784782076 |
| Title | Inequality and the 1% |
| Author | Danny Dorling |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2015-09-08 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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