Too much money : how wealth disparities are unbalancing Aotearoa New Zealand

Title:

Author:

Rashbrooke, Max author

ISBN:

9781988587943

Additional ISBN:

9781988587943

Personal Author:

Rashbrooke, Max author

Publication Information:

Wellington, New Zealand : Bridget Williams Books, 2021.

Physical Description:

253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Contents:

Introduction: too much money -- No wealth but life? wealth, well-being and class - Perspective / Pete Bryant -- A rich mix: history and ineaquality - Perspective - Perspective / Anna Kang -- Unbalanced: wealth ineqaulity today - Perspective / Cavaan -- Is inequality justified? - Perspective / Louisa -- The conveyor belt of advantage: housing and education - Perspective Alexa Masina -- The conveyor belt of advantage: later life - Perspective / Hugh Fletcher -- Top of the class: sketching social structures - Perspective / Hone McGregor -- Flipping the future: attitudes and solutions.

Subject Term:

Equality -- New Zealand.

Income distribution -- New Zealand.

Wealth -- New Zealand.

Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects -- New Zealand.

Geographic Term:

New Zealand -- Economic conditions.

New Zealand -- Social conditions.

Language:

English

Abstract:

"'Too much money' is the story of how wealth inequality is changing Aotearoa New Zealand. Possessing wealth opens up opportunities to live in certain areas, get certain kinds of education, make certain kinds of social connections, exert certain kinds of power. And when access to these opportunities becomes alarmingly uneven, the implications are profound. This ground-breaking book provides a far-reaching and compelling account of the way that wealth, and its absence, is transforming our lives. Drawing on the latest research, personal interviews and previously unexplored data, 'Too Much Money' reveals the way wealth is distributed across the peoples of Aotearoa. Max Rashbrooke's analysis arrives at a time of heightened concern for the division of wealth and what this means for our country's future"--Publisher information.

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Presently, someone in the wealthiest 1 per cent of adults - now a roughly 40,000-strong club - has a net worth 68 times that of the average New Zealander. Too Much Money is the story of how wealth inequality is changing Aotearoa New Zealand. Possessing wealth opens up opportunities to live in certain areas, get certain kinds of healthcare, make certain kinds of social connections, exert certain kinds of power. But when access to these opportunities becomes alarmingly uneven, the implications are profound. This new book by the country's leading chronicler of economic inequality provides a far-reaching and compelling account of the way that wealth - and its absence - is transforming our lives. Drawing on the latest academic research, personal interviews and previously unexplored data, Too Much Money reveals the way wealth is distributed across the peoples of Aotearoa. Having helped elevate the word 'inequality' into the political lexicon, Max Rashbrooke's widely-anticipated new book arrives at a time of heightened concern for the division of wealth and what this means for our country's future.