Since the late 1970s, Britain has become a more unequal society. This book analyzes the dramatic widening of the income distribution, the growth of poverty, and the factors that have driven them. It examines how government spending and the taxes that pay for it affect people's incomes, why they take the forms they do, what we think of them, how things have changed since New Labour came to power in 1997, and the future pressures that any government will face as the population ages.
Since the late 1970s, Britain has become a more unequal society. This book analyzes the dramatic widening of the income distribution, the growth of poverty, and the factors that have driven them. It examines how government spending and the taxes that pay for it affect people's incomes, why they take the forms they do, what we think of them, how things have changed since New Labour came to power in 1997, and the future pressures that any government will face as the population ages.
John Hills is Director of CASE and Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. He was Co-Director of the LSE's Welfare State Programme, and has worked as an economist and advisor in governental and non-governmental institutions in the UK and internationally.
Inhaltsangabe
1: Introduction Part 1: Income inequality and poverty in Britain 2: Income inequality in the UK: extent and trends 3: Poverty, deprivation, and exclusion 4: Why has the income distribution changed? 5: Income dynamics and social mobility Part 2: The impact of policy 6: Social spending and the boundaries between public and private sectors 7: Tax and welfare 8: Distribution and redistribution Part 3: Where do we go from here? 9: New Labour, welfare, and distribution 10: Constraints and pressures 11: Conclusions: The spending pit or the tax pendulum?
1: Introduction Part 1: Income inequality and poverty in Britain 2: Income inequality in the UK: extent and trends 3: Poverty, deprivation, and exclusion 4: Why has the income distribution changed? 5: Income dynamics and social mobility Part 2: The impact of policy 6: Social spending and the boundaries between public and private sectors 7: Tax and welfare 8: Distribution and redistribution Part 3: Where do we go from here? 9: New Labour, welfare, and distribution 10: Constraints and pressures 11: Conclusions: The spending pit or the tax pendulum?
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