Wealth Inequality: Why It Matters and How to Fix It

The super-rich have never had it better – but millions cannot afford housing, education or a pension, claims former Treasury minister Liam Byrne MP in his new book, The Inequality of Wealth: Why it Matters and How to Fix. he.

He says if we don't change course soon, the future will be even worse. Much worse. But things don't have to be that way. In the book, Byrne explains why wealth inequality has grown so rapidly in recent years; warns of the threat this poses to our society, economy and politics; shows where economics has gone wrong – and offers five practical ways to rebuild an old ideal: wealth-owning democracy.

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Speakers:

The Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP, MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill and author of The Inequality of Wealth
Anoosh Chakelian, British editor, New Statesman
Carys Roberts, Executive Director, Institute for Research on Public Policy
Professor Bobby Duffy, Director of the Policy Institute at King's College London (Chair)

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