An Introduction to Economic Inequality

If you could instantly make the world's poor twice as rich - but at the same time make the world's rich twice as prosperous - wouldn't you do it? Inequality has been blamed for many things, from causing lower life expectancy, poor education and political instability, to sparking more suicide, obesity, mental illness and murders. And the claim that the world's richest 1% own 40% of the planet's wealth - and that the rich keep getting richer - is regularly used to demonstrate its evils. But here author Eamonn Butler challenges this widely accepted narrative. Published in association with the Institute of Economic Affairs