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Book Synopsis
Uncomfortably Off reveals that those generally considered to be the most affluent feel anxious about the future and struggle to keep up, or even to stay put., but reducing income inequality will benefit everyone, even those quite near the top.

Trade Review
“If capitalism isn’t working for the top ten percent, then it's not working at all. This brilliant book tells us why and what we need to do about it” Neal Lawson, Compass

Table of Contents
Introduction: Why bother with the well-off? 1. Not billionaires, but well-off? 2. On the ubiquity and invisibility of the upper-middle class 3. ‘Work is life, that’s it’ 4. Don’t rock the boat: politics and the well-off 5. Business class tickets for a sinking ship 6. Jumping ship, but where to? 7. Barriers to being comfortably off 8. ‘When the facts change, I change my mind’ Conclusion: Accepted truths, social distance and discomfort

Uncomfortably Off

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    A Hardback by Marcos González Hernando, Gerry Mitchell

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 23 May 2023
      ISBN-13 9781447367512
      978-1447367512
      ISBN-10 1447367510
      Also in:
      Business, Finance & Law Labour / income economics Social groups, communities and identities Sociology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Uncomfortably Off reveals that those generally considered to be the most affluent feel anxious about the future and struggle to keep up, or even to stay put., but reducing income inequality will benefit everyone, even those quite near the top.

      Trade Review
      “If capitalism isn’t working for the top ten percent, then it's not working at all. This brilliant book tells us why and what we need to do about it” Neal Lawson, Compass

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: Why bother with the well-off? 1. Not billionaires, but well-off? 2. On the ubiquity and invisibility of the upper-middle class 3. ‘Work is life, that’s it’ 4. Don’t rock the boat: politics and the well-off 5. Business class tickets for a sinking ship 6. Jumping ship, but where to? 7. Barriers to being comfortably off 8. ‘When the facts change, I change my mind’ Conclusion: Accepted truths, social distance and discomfort

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