Why You Won't Get Rich: How Capitalism Broke its Contract with Hard Work

Capitalism is too blunt an instrument to tackle Britain's epidemic of inequality, with soaring rents, unfair taxation, and a growing gig economy bringing about unprecedented economic shame. In-work poverty is a new economic phenomenon, with Barristers taking home less than the minimum wage and doctors starting out with £100,000 student debts on salaries lower than the national average. There is hope for a better, fairer future.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 304 pages
\n Publication date: 01 April 2021
\n Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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From the bottom to the top of our economy, capitalism is too blunt an instrument to tackle Britain's epidemic of inequality.

Soaring rents, unfair taxation, and a growing gig economy have brought about unprecedented economic shame:

Amazon warehouse workers living in tents, nurses turning to foodbanks, and London firemen commuting hundreds of miles to work.

Even those higher up the ladder are losing their grip on the life they were promised.

Barristers take home less than the minimum wage, and doctors are starting out with £100,000 student debts on salaries lower than the national average.

We are all facing a new economic phenomenon - in-work poverty.

At the same time, a generation of young professionals is coming to terms with never being able to own even the cheapest home in their area.

Hard work no longer pays off.

But there is hope for a better, fairer future.

\n Weight: 464g\n
Dimension: 155 x 233 x 34 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781786078070\n \n