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Financial and Monetary Systems
Why society is paying the price of inequality
Inequality damages our health, society and economic performance, with the share of income going to the richest 0.01% of adults in the UK almost at a record high.
Mike Brewer is Professor of Economics at the University of Essex and joint Director of the ESRC Research Centre on Micro-social Change. He is also a research fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Inequality damages our health, society and economic performance, with the share of income going to the richest 0.01% of adults in the UK almost at a record high.