| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 242 pages) |
| Contents |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of figures""; ""List of tables""; ""Part I: Wealth and Distribution""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Trends in the Distribution of Wealth in Britain""; ""3 UK Wealth Inequality in International Context""; ""Part II: Personal Wealth Accumulation and Its Impacts""; ""4 Wealth Accumulation, Ageing, and House Prices""; ""5 Inheritance, Transfers, and the Distribution of Wealth""; ""6 The Wealth Effect: How Parental Wealth and Own Asset-Holdings Predict Future Advantage""; ""Part III: Wealth and Policy""; ""7 Differing Public Policy Traditions"" |
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""8 Public Policy, Wealth, and Assets: A Complex and Inconsistent Story""""9 Wealth and Policy: Where Do We Go From Here?""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
| Summary |
An examination of key issues connected with the distribution of personal wealth in the UK. It discussess why wealth is now such an important factor in social differences and public policy and presents the most recent information on current wealth inequalities and a detailed discussion of trends in the distribution of wealth |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Wealth -- Great Britain
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Income distribution -- Great Britain
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Wealth -- Government policy -- Great Britain
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
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Income distribution
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Wealth
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Wealth -- Government policy
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Riquesa.
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Great Britain
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Gran Bretanya.
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| Genre/Form |
Llibres electrònics.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hills, John, 1954-
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| ISBN |
9780191667411 |
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0191667412 |
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1299538541 |
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9781299538542 |
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9780191757594 |
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0191757594 |
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