This is a provocative book, but it couldn't be more timely. A little over a decade ago, the Occupy movement brought the issue to public attention: 'The One-Percent versus the 99%.' Thomas Piketty's landmark Capital in the Twenty-First Century gave it academic credence. Malleson updates the ever-more-disturbing data and takes on the question, 'What is to be done?' Deeply researched, Against Inequality combines careful analysis of the ethical justifications for inequality with empirically based proposals, not to end all economic inequality, but to bring down the staggering levels that now threaten not only democratic governance, but the survival of our species.
Tom Malleson is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Justice & Peace Studies at King's University College at Western University. Their work focuses on egalitarianism, feminism, and radical democracy. They are Coordinator of the Real Utopias Project and their recent books include Part-Time for All: A Care Manifesto (with Jennifer Nedelsky) and After Occupy: Economic Democracy for the 21st Century. They are also a longtime social justice activist and organizer.
