Inequality is a political choice – and the UK keeps choosing it

Inequality is not an accident. It is not natural. And it is not inevitable.

According to the United Nations’ World Inequality Report, inequality results from deliberate political and institutional choices. This video explains what that means for the UK – and why extreme concentrations of wealth now threaten democracy, climate stability, and social cohesion.

I examine the evidence behind the report, the role Britain has played in designing inequality at home and abroad, and why progressive taxation and redistribution are proven tools for change.

The question is no longer whether alternatives exist.

It is whether our politicians are willing to choose them.

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00:00 Inequality Is a Political Choice
01:10 What the World Inequality Report Really Says
02:20 Extreme Concentration of Income and Wealth
03:35 Inequality as Power, Not Accident
04:45 The UK’s Role in Designing Inequality
06:00 Climate Change and Wealth Concentration
07:15 Gender Inequality and Unpaid Labour
08:35 Global Inequality and North–South Extraction
10:00 How Inequality Undermines Democracy
11:20 Reversing Inequality Is Possible

TRANSCRIPT
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ABOUT RICHARD MURPHY
Richard Murphy is Emeritus Professor of Accounting Practice at Sheffield University Management School. He is director of Tax Research LLP and the author of the Funding the Future blog. His best-known book is ‘The Joy of Tax’.

This video was edited by Thomas Murphy.

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