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The Fault Lines of Inequality
- COVID 19 and the Politics of Financialization
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Fault Lines of Inequality af Huw Macartney, Johnna Montgomerie, Daniela Tepe, 9783030969134
Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
126
ISBN-13:
9783030969134
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
3030969134
Udg. Dato:
4 maj 2022
Længde:
15mm
Bredde:
216mm
Højde:
152mm
Forlag:
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Oplagsdato:
4 maj 2022
Hardback
Format:

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This book examines how decisions made by the Conservative government during the COVID19 pandemic have increased economic inequality in the UK. Decades of austerity, asset-based welfare and financialization had already exacerbated social divisions in the UK prior to the pandemic. The political blueprint behind these measures combined Privatized Keynesianism and the Asset Economy. To explain, economists have highlighted that inequality derives from the fact that income from wealth increases at a faster rate than income from wages. The ensuing political assumption is that - in the face of pressures on public finances - promoting asset ownership is the best alternative to government-funded welfare schemes. What this meant, as the pandemic unfolded, was that when tough decisions about resource allocation needed to be made, the UK Treasury and the Bank of England found almost unlimited funds to rescue and protect asset-holders and middle-income homeowners, whilst reverting to a narrative of "misfortune" for the asset-less poor. This book assesses the political decisions taken by UK policymakers during 2020-21 and their consequences. In doing so, it challenges policymakers and the informed public to re-consider the morality of inequality, and to make alternative decisions to promote a more ecologically sustainable, caring, equal and prosperous society.




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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
126
ISBN-13:
9783030969134
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
3030969134
Udg. Dato:
4 maj 2022
Længde:
15mm
Bredde:
216mm
Højde:
152mm
Forlag:
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Oplagsdato:
4 maj 2022
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