Uncomfortably Off : Why the Top 10% of Earners Should Care about Inequality / Marcos González Hernando and Gerry Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

González Hernando, Marcos, author.

Mitchell, Gerry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle class.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.) : 6 Black and White

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : Policy Press, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Media attention is often focused on the very richest, the 1%, and their capacity to influence politics and shape society. But they are not the only ones who drive politics, the public conversation and much of the private sector. The focus of this book is on the larger group between the 1% and the 10%. These are the managers and professionals of our media, business, the third sector, political parties and academia and are just as influential. However, many would not recognise themselves as high earners at all. In fact, earning around #60,000 a year in Britain places you in the top 10% of income earners. Maybe you're surprised you fall into this category, or are not as far off as you thought. But despite this group's relative advantage and comfort, these high earners don't feel politically empowered. They worry about their income and are anxious about the future. Most of them are more likely to move down the income ladder than up it. Drawing attention to this powerful section of society, this book explains why, even if you are relatively near the top, it is in your interest that inequality is reduced.

Contents:

Foreword / by James Perry

Introduction: Why bother with the well-off?

Not billionaires, but well-off?

On the ubiquity and invisibility of the upper-middle class

"Work is life, that's it"

Don't rock the boat: politics and the well-off

Business class tickets for a sinking ship

Jumping ship, but where to?

Barriers to being comfortably off

"When the facts change, I change my mind"

Conclusion: Accepted truths, social distance and discomfort.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4473-6754-5

OCLC:

1380360217