http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2008/09/4-do-the-super-rich-matter/ Policy news and comment from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Wed, 23 May 2012 15:08:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2008/09/4-do-the-super-rich-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-1174 Social mobility is a slippery concept | ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:15:29 +0000 http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/?p=309#comment-1174 [...] Inequality that arises on the basis of meritocracy is easier to justify than inequality based on class background for sure, but it is still inequality. The big progressive challenge in the UK remains reducing the obscene levels of inequality that arose during the eighties and nineties, and have not changed that much since 1997 as many worthwhile government initiatives were overtaken by the growth of the super-rich. [...] [...] Inequality that arises on the basis of meritocracy is easier to justify than inequality based on class background for sure, but it is still inequality. The big progressive challenge in the UK remains reducing the obscene levels of inequality that arose during the eighties and nineties, and have not changed that much since 1997 as many worthwhile government initiatives were overtaken by the growth of the super-rich. [...]

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