The Fault Lines of Inequality COVID 19 and the Politics of Financialization

This book examines how decisions made by the Conservative government during the COVID19 pandemic have increased economic inequality in the UK. Decades of austerity, asset-based welfare and financialization had already exacerbated social divisions in the UK prior to the pandemic. The political bluepr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Macartney, Huw, Montgomerie, Johnna (Author), Tepe, Daniela (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Economics of Crisis Response
  • Chapter 2: Inequality and the Asset Economy
  • Chapter 3: A windfall at the Top
  • Chapter 4: A Squeezed Middle
  • Chapter 5: Precarity for those at the Bottom
  • Conclusion: Redressing Inequality in Politics and Policy