Uncomfortably Off: Why Inequality Matters for High Earners

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Marcos González Hernando (University College London, Social Research Institute and Universidad Diego Portales and Centre for the Study of Conflict and Social Cohesion) Gerry Mitchell (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Nordic)

Uncomfortably Off

Why Inequality Matters for High Earners

Marcos González Hernando (University College London, Social Research Institute and Universidad Diego Portales and Centre for the Study of Conflict and Social Cohesion), Gerry Mitchell (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Nordic)

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Policy Press
01 August 2023

Social groups; Sociology; Sociology: work & labour; Labour economics

Media attention is often focused on the very richest, the 1%, and their capacity to influence politics and shape society. But they are not the only ones who drive politics, the public conversation and much of the private sector. The focus of this book is on the larger group between the 1% and the 10%. These are the managers and professionals of our media, business, the third sector, political parties and academia and are just as influential.

However, many would not recognise themselves as high earners at all. In fact, earning around £60,000 a year in Britain places you in the top 10% of income earners. Maybe you’re surprised you fall into this category, or are not as far off as you thought.

But despite this group’s relative advantage and comfort, these high earners don’t feel politically empowered. They worry about their income and are anxious about the future. Most of them are more likely to move down the income ladder than up it.

Drawing attention to this powerful section of society, this book explains why, even if you are relatively near the top, it is in your interest that inequality is reduced and you can help make that happen.

'Fascinating and telling insights into the situations and views of the top 10 per cent: an under-researched and in many ways invisible — yet politically significant — group.' — Professor the Baroness (Ruth) Lister of Burtersett

'A brilliant study in how understanding the fears, feelings and hopes of the best-off tenth of our societies helps explain why we hold so tightly to inequality.' — Danny Dorling, University of Oxford

By: Marcos González Hernando (University College London Social Research Institute and Universidad Diego Portales and Centre for the Study of Conflict and Social Cohesion), Gerry Mitchell (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Nordic)
Imprint: Policy Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm,
ISBN: 9781447367512
ISBN 10: 1447367510
Pages: 258
Publication Date: 01 August 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Marcos González Hernando is Honorary Research Fellow at the UCL Social Research Institute, Postdoctoral Researcher at Universidad Diego Portales and Adjunct Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Conflict and Social Cohesion. Gerry Mitchell is a freelance policy researcher, working most recently for the Think-tank for Action on Social Change (Dublin), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Stockholm and London) and the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (Brussels).

Reviews for Uncomfortably Off: Why Inequality Matters for High Earners

“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