Wealth and the Wealthy: Exploring and Tackling Inequalities Between Rich and Poor
- ISBN-10
- 1447305620
- ISBN-13
- 9781447305620
- Series
- Wealth and the wealthy
- Category
- Great Britain
- Pages
- 255
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Authors
- Karen Rowlingson, Stephen Mckay
Description
Aimed at a broad social science and public readership, this book draws on new data on wealth to answer these questions: What is wealth?', 'Who has it?', 'Where might we draw a wealth line?', ' Who lies above it?' and 'What might policy do about wealth and the wealthy?'.
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