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Uncomfortably off : why the top 10% of earners should care about inequality /

Media attention is often focused on the very richest, the 1%, and their capacity to influence politics and shape society. But they are not the only ones who drive politics, the public conversation and much of the private sector. The focus of this book is on the larger group between the 1% and the 10...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: González Hernando, Marcos (Autor), Mitchell, Gerry (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, an imprint of Bristol University Press, 2023.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Foreword / by James Perry
  • Introduction: Why bother with the well-off?
  • Not billionaires, but well-off?
  • On the ubiquity and invisibility of the upper-middle class
  • "Work is life, that's it"
  • Don't rock the boat: politics and the well-off
  • Business class tickets for a sinking ship
  • Jumping ship, but where to?
  • Barriers to being comfortably off
  • "When the facts change, I change my mind"
  • Conclusion: Accepted truths, social distance and discomfort.