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York Ideas Lecture
Join Kate Pickett, Professor of Epidemiology – University of York and Liam Byrne, Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill, for a fascinating discussion about his new book, The Inequality of Wealth, Why it Matters and How to Fix it.
In this new book, former Treasury Minister Liam Byrne explains why wealth inequality has grown so fast in recent years; warns how it threatens our society, economy and politics; shows where economics has got it wrong – and lays out a path back to common sense, with five practical ways to rebuild an old ideal: the wealth-owning democracy.
Drawing on conversations and debates with former prime ministers, presidents and policymakers around the world, together with experts at the OECD, World Bank and IMF, he argues that after twenty years of statistics and slogans it’s time for solutions that aren’t just radical but plausible and achievable as well.
The event will be chaired by Professor Karen Rowlingson, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Professor of Social Policy. Karen has written extensively on wealth inequality and wealth taxation including the book with Stephen McKay on Wealth and the Wealthy: exploring and tackling inequalities between rich and poor.
