1st Edition

Rich Man, Poor Man

By John Hilton Copyright 1944
174 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1944 (Sir Halley Stewart Lectures 1938), the original blurb reads: “In Rich Man, Poor Man , Professor John Hilton examines the facts as to the distribution of wealth in this country. He finds that of our twelve million families only four million (a few of them immensely rich) are worth all told more than £100; four million are worth between a couple of pounds and a hundred;... Read more

Foreword Sir William Beveridge.  1. A Bit of Money  2. Putting By  3. Why Are the Poor Poor?  4. Pop Goes the Weasel  5. “This Thing’s To Do”.

Biography

John Hilton (1880–1943) was the first Montague Burton Professor of Industrial Relations at Cambridge University, broadcaster and journalist.