WHY YOU WON’T GET RICH -How Capitalism Broke its Contract with Hard Work,Robert Verkaik

-Résumé

From the bottom to the top of our economy, capitalism is too blunt an instrument to tackle Britain’s epidemic of inequality.
Soaring rents, unfair taxation and a growing gig economy have brought about unprecedented economic shame: Amazon warehouse workers living in tents, nurses turning to foodbanks, London firemen commuting hundreds of miles to work.
Even those higher up the ladder are losing their grip on the life they were promised. Barristers take home less than the minimum wage and doctors are starting out with £100,000 student debts on salaries lower than the national average. We’re all facing a new economic phenomenon – in-work poverty. At the same time a generation of young professionals is coming to terms with never being able to own even the cheapest home in their area.
The only way to reverse the damage is if everyone feels they have a financial stake in society.

-CONTENTS

Introduction: The Road to Wembley

1-What Is Rich? The Billionaire Who Thinks Everybody is Worth £660,791
2-Survivors: The Insurance Salesman Who Didn’t Leave His Home for 4 Years
3-First Responders: The Hungry Nurse Who Ate the Patient’s Sandwich
4-Strugglers: The Boy Who Missed His Mother’s Funeral
5-Workers: The Mortician Who Became a Hairdresser
6-Renters: The Princess and the Paupers
7-Millennials: The Travel Agent Who Swapped His Career for a Windsurfer
8-Grafters: The City Trader Who Lied About His Holidays
9-Taxes: The Single Mother on Benefits Who Went to Prison and the Oligarch Who Didn’t
10-Born Poor: The Immigrant Who Wanted to be a Social Worker
11-Borrowers: The Railway Engine Mechanic Who Lost Her Job and Never Recovered
12-Strivers: The £90,000 Lawyer Who Didn’t Feel Very Rich
13-Savers: The Sailor and the Dinner Lady Who Ran Out of Money Before They Died
14-Traders: The Day the Bookshop Didn’t Sell Any Books
15-The City: The Classic-Car Enthusiast Who Forgot What Kind of Car His Broker was Driving
16-Wealth: The World-Famous Mountaineer Who Sleeps in His Ford Mondeo
17-Winners: The Numismatist Who Accidentally Cornered the Market
18-Generation Poor: The Graduate Who Didn’t Want to Move to London
19-Coronavirus: The Man Who Tried to Buy Some Toilet Paper
20-Enriching Our Society: How We All Get Rich
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index

-caractéristiques

Date de parution :1 avril 2021

Éditeur : Oneworld Publications

Langue : Anglais

NB.de pages : 304 pages

ISBN-10 : 1786078074

ISBN-13 : 978-1786078070

Poids de l’article : 435 g

Dimensions : 14.61 x 3.05 x 22.48 cm