Interest in the subject of wealth inequality has been stimulated by the recent work of economist Thomas Piketty in his best-selling book ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’, with the charity Oxfam having also been very vocal about this issue through their ‘Level it Up’ campaign.

But is inequality what we should really be focusing on, or is poverty reduction the key to a prosperous society?

For more, download the IEA’s publication ‘Never Mind the Gap: Why we shouldn’t worry about inequality’ for free here: https://iea.org.uk/publications/resea…