'If you're worried about inequality, you really have to be worried about growth.'
@pjtheeconomist.bsky.social joins us on the podcast to look at what has happened to income and wealth inequality in the UK and how Britain compares with other countries.
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'Average hourly wages in London are twice the average area in the country'
In the first episode of our new series we look at what has happened to income and wealth inequality in the UK and how Britain compares with other countries.
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š#IFSSatStat: The UK, alongside other NATO countries, has committed to increasing defence spending to 3.5% of GDP by 2035.
Reaching this would cost an additional Ā£30-40 billion each year: a major fiscal challenge for the UK.
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NEW PODCAST: Inequality: what does Britain really think?
@helenmiller.bsky.social, Jonathan Cribb and @bobbyduffy.bsky.social continue our new podcast series on inequality, exploring the public's opinion on inequality and actions to reduce it.
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'Even within groups that you think are quite coherent and have one worldview on redistribution, there is quite a variety of different views.'
šļø @bobbyduffy.bsky.social and @helenmiller.bsky.social discuss differing opinions on inequality in our podcast.
In the second episode of our series on inequality we ask why people care about inequality and how views about work, wealth and power shape their attitudes to policy.
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'It's increasingly hard for anyone to earn or save their way up the wealth distribution'
@pjtheeconomist.bsky.social joins us to look at what has happened to income and wealth inequality in the UK and how Britain compares with other countries.
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How big are income inequalities in the UK?
In the first episode of our new series part of our IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities, funded by the @nuffieldfoundation.org, we look at what has happened to income and wealth inequality in the UK.
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Why do people care about inequality, and what do they want government to do about it?
