Topics
Wealth inequality
The degree to which wealth is distributed unequally in an economy or population; wealth inequality can be illustrated using a Lorenz Curve and measured using the Gini coefficient.
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Key Diagrams - The Lorenz Curve
Topic Videos
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Stiglitz on the Case for 70% Tax Rate on High Income Earners
23rd January 2023
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Does the UK need a wealth tax on millionaires and billionaires?
17th January 2023
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Call for wealth tax as number of UK billionaires jumps 20% since 2020
19th December 2022
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Fiscal Policy - How Much Could be Raised by a Wealth Tax?
27th October 2022
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Fixing inequality and insecurity in the USA
8th October 2022
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Surge in UK CEO pay reignites debate over CEO pay caps
22nd August 2022
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The Decade The Rich Won
1st February 2022
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UK sees first mid-recession wealth boom since the mid-1940s
12th July 2021
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Why concentration of wealth makes the US economy fragile
24th June 2021
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DRC’s rich soil bears few riches for its miners
17th May 2021
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Is K the new U? How economic recovery may be K-shaped
27th January 2021
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Relative Poverty - 2021 Revision Update
Study Notes
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Is Trickle-Down Economics Dead?
21st December 2020
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Should the UK introduce a new wealth tax?
6th July 2020
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Evaluating Supply Side Policies (Online Lesson)
Online Lessons
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New Economic Thinking: Inequality - The Bigger Picture
4th February 2020
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New Economic Thinking: What is happening to Inequality Now?
4th February 2020
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New Economic Thinking: Inequality - What is Happening?
4th February 2020
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New Economic Thinking: How Do We Measure Inequality?
4th February 2020
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New Economic Thinking: Inequality - Why Should We Care?
4th February 2020
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Who are the super-rich in the UK?
23rd January 2020
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Income Inequality and Wealth Inequality
Topic Videos
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Six tax-based ways to tackle inequality
18th December 2019
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Distribution of Income (2019 Update)
Topic Videos
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Why The Inequality Gap Is Growing Between Rich And Poor
31st May 2019
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Maths Made Easy for A-Level Economics - Quantiles
Topic Videos
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The Dutch Historian who savaged the Davos Elite
2nd February 2019
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What explains the divide between rich and poor?
Study Notes
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Sky News/IPPR poll on the UK economy - download our worksheet
5th September 2018
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Gini Coefficient
Study Notes
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Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK in 2018
20th June 2018
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Should the Super-Rich Pay for a Universal Basic Income?
16th April 2018
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Richest 1% own half of the world's wealth
17th November 2017
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How Tax and Spending Policies Can Reduce Poverty and Inequality
20th September 2017
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Should the rich be taxed more?
2nd September 2017
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Fresh Perspectives on Wealth, Savings and Health Inequalities
8th August 2017