The Inequality Debate: An Introduction
Both fascinating and horrifying. – David Williams, Salient
The divide between New Zealand’s poorest and wealthiest inhabitants has widened alarmingly over recent years, faster than in most other developed countries. This book is a succinct introduction to these changes in our society.
Drawn from the larger work Inequality: A New Zealand Crisis, this book is a clear, concise and data-driven account of the importance of economic inequality to the wider shape of a nation.
How we think about income gaps, and how we decide to address them, will do much to alter New Zealand’s levels of inequality in the years to come.
Published in 2014, this book is an ideal introduction to the subject for students and others wanting to get to grips with the complex issue that is economic inequality.