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The Wealth Report: Volume 1 book cover

1st Edition

The Wealth Report Volume 1

Edited By Frank Field Copyright 1979
210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge
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Until this book was first published in 1979, poverty studies had been exclusively concerned with studying the poor. This controversial book changed the whole debate about poverty in Britain by shifting the emphasis to a detailed examination of the rich. It looks at the distribution of income and wealth in the second half of the twentieth century and critically examines the claim that Britain was... Read more

Introduction Frank Field 1. The Old Order Louie Burghes 2. Recent Changes in the Distribution of Personal Wealth in Britain Alan Harrison 3. The High Paid and the Crisis of Living Standards Chris Pond 4. Tax Avoidance Anthony Christopher 5. Private Capital’s Blood Transfusion Frank Field 6. The Wealth Tax Debate Cedric Sandford 7. Family and Kinship in Eaton Square Ceri Thomas 8. Holding a Mirror to Inequality: The Review Body on Top Salaries David Jordan Appendix: Louie Burghes

Biography

Frank Field (1942–2024) 

Original Review of The Wealth Report:

'This book brings life and no little authority to the discussion of policies to restrict the holding of wealth. It challenges some of the myths...' Peter Townsend, The Guardian. 

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