Wealth and the Wealthy: Exploring and Tackling Inequalities between Rich and Poor

ISBN-13: 9781847423085 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 269 str.

Unive Karen Rowlingson (Institute of Applied Social Studies;Stephen D. McKay (University of Lincoln)

Opis

The wealthy have received relatively little attention from social scientists despite the growing gap between rich and poor. A much-needed step forward for the wealth debate, "Wealth and the Wealthy"draws on new data to answer the following key questions: What is wealth? Who has it? Where might we draw a wealth line? Who would be above it?And how should policy address wealth and the wealthy? Karen Rowlingson and Stephen McKay comprehensively and critically examine these issues and explore potential policy responses, including asset-based welfare and taxation."

Spis treści

Why wealth matters; Why the wealthy matter; What is wealth and who are the wealthy?; The distribution of wealth; The rich, the richer and the richest; Towards a comprehensive policy on assets; Social policy and the wealthy; Conclusions.