Antisocial Economics
- Science · Social Sciences
- Society & Culture · Documentary
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What is wealth? How come so many of us haven’t got any? How does wealth inequality make poverty worse? In the UK and other rich economies, wealth inequality and poverty are at incredibly high levels. A very small number of people are very rich and most other people are not. An increasing number of people live in poverty.Should there be limits to the amount of wealth one person can own? How come so many wealthy people are so dependent on state handouts? Why is it so hard to do anything about it? While we know a lot about pove...
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Recent episodes
- Episode 6: What and how does the public think about wealth and wealth inequality, and what kinds of narratives make them more or less supportive of change?
- Episode 5: The social division of tax policy: Who really benefits?
- Episode 4: When does wealth become harmful? Should there be limits?
- Episode 3: The colonial foundations of contemporary wealth gaps: What are the links between past injustice and present inequality?
- Episode 2: How do we define and measure poverty and wealth, and what is the relationship between them?
- Episode 1: How does economic insecurity help to explain Britain’s political volatility? And what is the role of wealth in this equation?
- Trailer - Antisocial Economics