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Challenging Wealth and Income Inequality

Jerome De Henau, Jonquil Lowe, Paul Corner, and Sue Cowley

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What is meant by ‘inequality’ and how it is measured.
Comparisons of inequality across countries, different groups of people and generations.
Why inequality matters.
Controversies around inequality.
The causes, consequences, nature and impact of inequality, particularly with regard to housing and pensions.
The implications of inequality for individual financial planning for home ownership and retirement saving.
Potential actions that individuals, communities and wider society can take to reduce inequality.

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12 hours

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FutureLearn

Institution

The Open University

Instructors

Jerome De Henau

Jonquil Lowe

Paul Corner

Sue Cowley

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