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Author: Atkinson
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1978-02-09
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780521217354
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMonograph examining evidence on the distribution of private sector wealth in the UK - documents the wealth-holdings of the top wealth group and trends over the past 50 years and provides a statistical analysis of the implications for income distribution and capital tax policies. Bibliography pp. 318 to 323, graphs and statistical tables.
Author: Philip Beresford
Publisher: Harriman House Limited
Published: 2011-02-16
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 0857190652
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive study of Britain's 250 richest people in history, from the time of William the Conqueror to the present. In this book, Philip Beresford, the author of The Sunday Times annual 'Rich List' and history expert William D. Rubinstein, have turned their attention to the wealthiest individuals in British history, revealing how they made their fortunes, the role played by luck, contacts and violence, and how successful they were in hanging on to their gains. People like: - William of Warenne, the Earl of Surrey in the 1050s, who if he were alive today would be worth nearly £74bn - over three times richer than Britain's current richest man (steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal). - Archbishop Thomas Beckett, who took 250 servants with him on a visit to Paris in 1158, and was worth over £24bn. Not that his fortune was much use when he was murdered in his own cathedral on the orders of Henry II. - Robert Spencer, forebear of Princess Diana, who made a fortune in the wool trade, owned vast tracts of land in the colony of Virginia. and accumulated a fortune equivalent to £19bn in today's money. - John Scott, a celebrated gambler whose skills and luck helped him to a £500,000 (£3.1bn) fortune. "As rich as Scott" was a popular saying of eighteenth century society. The authors provide a fascinating account of personal wealth and influence, noting how, throughout history, the opportunities for aggrandising wealth have been changed by technology, demographics, taxation, politics and war. If you are interested in business, society and the shifting patterns of advantage then you will find this book absorbing, intriguing and insightful.
Author: Anthony Barnes Atkinson
Publisher: London : Allen Lane
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMonograph on the extent and causes of disparity in wealth and income distribution in the UK, and on various measures to secure greater equality - examines in detail the existing income tax system, the concept of ownership, the possibilities of tax reforms and various non-fiscal methods of income redistribution such as tax incentives to encourage saving, a capital levy to redeem the national debt, nationalization, pension scheme reform, trade union-negotiated profit sharing schemes, etc.
Author: Thomas Stark
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1972-03-23
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780521082587
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEconomic research study of income distribution in the UK from 1949 to 1963 - includes a description of the research method and econometrics model used, analyses statistical tables on personal income (incl. Capital gains, fringe benefits, etc.) and concludes that there has been a movement towards a more equitable distribution. References.
Author: Stewart Lansley
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2021-11-25
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 1447363205
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis landmark book charts the rollercoaster history of both rich and poor, and the mechanisms that link them. Stewart Lansley examines the ideological rifts that have driven society back to the divisions of the past and asks why rich and poor citizens are still judged by very different standards.
Author: John Hills
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2013-04-25
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 0199678308
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book looks at the gaps in wealth between the wealthy and the rest of the population, and at how they have changed over time.
Author: Kojo Koram
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 2022-02-17
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 1529338654
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing Longlisted for the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding A Guardian Book of the Year 'Brilliantly arranged and rich with fresh insights' Akala 'A radical, beautifully written understanding of our history' Owen Jones 'You can't understand how Britain works today without reading it' Frankie Boyle 'A challenge to a nation living in the shadow of empire: reckon with your imperial past, or it will come back to bite you' Grace Blakeley 'This book should be part of the national curriculum' Ellie Mae O'Hagan Britain didn't just put the empire back the way it had found it. Uncommon Wealth is the little known and shocking history of how Britain treated its former non-white colonies after the end of empire. It is the story of how an interconnected group of British capitalists enabled horrific inequality across the globe, profiting in colonial Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. However, the greed unleashed in this era would boomerang, now leaving many ordinary Britons wondering where their own prosperity has gone. Ranging from Jamaica to Singapore, Ghana to Britain, this is a blistering account of how buried decisions of decades past are ravaging Britain today.
Author: Anthony Barnes Atkinson
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 400
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter Townsend
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2024-03-29
Total Pages: 1295
ISBN-13: 0520325761
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1979.
Author: Richard Wilkinson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2011-05-03
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 1608193411
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is common knowledge that, in rich societies, the poor have worse health and suffer more from almost every social problem. This book explains why inequality is the most serious problem societies face today.
