asset inequality

Beyond Localism: rethinking British governance

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The latest edition of the British Politics Review features an article by Senior Researcher Adam Schoenborn arguing that the Coalition Government must devolve to deliver: "Political decentralisation alone will not give people transformative power to shape their lives and communities, economic decentralisation will be every bit as important to this goal. Despite inhibiting the growth of income inequality, New Labour allowed meaningful asset-ownership to become the preserve of the rich…"

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The new Conservatism can create a capitalism that works for the poor

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We need a fresh approach that gives assets to all

Over the last 30 years the Anglo-Saxon world has adopted the most disingenuous of economic systems. Under the guise of capitalism for all, we have produced an extraordinary amount of capital but an ever diminishing number of capitalists. Rather than trickling downwards, wealth has leveraged upwards – denying increasing numbers of people the ability to truly own, trade and prosper.

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