The economy isn’t working for most people, and wealth inequality is at the heart of the problem. We all work hard, but the wealth we create together is extracted to enrich a few men at the top. It feels unfair. And that’s because, frankly, it is! I’m Sarah Kerr, a sociologist of wealth, and I’m going to be talking to interesting researchers and social campaigners about the relationship between wealth and poverty. We’re going to explore the effects of wealth on democracy and the colonial origins of the (massive) contemporary racial wealth divide. We’ll be thinking about whether there should be an upper limit to wealth ownership, and asking why it’s so hard to do anything about it. And we’ll be asking whether the super-rich have got a welfare dependency problem. Antisocial Economics is an informed and accessible space for thinking and talking about wealth as a social problem. You can begin to tune in to season one on July 30th, and one episode will be released each week for a total of six episodes.
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