Inequality – The Issue of Our Time is a three-part series of dialogues led by Dr. Johnna Montgomerie, Professor of International Political Economy, at Kings College London. For many, inequality is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century because it erodes prosperity and destabilizes society. Many of us can recognize inequities whether about race, gender, climate, or the historical geographies of inequality caused by colonialism. Inequality is another word for the serious social challenges facing society that are woven into the very fabric of daily life and are deeply unjust.
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Inequality – The Issue of Our Time is a three-part series of dialogues led by Dr. Johnna Montgomerie, Professor of International Political Economy, at Kings College London. For many, inequality is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century because it erodes prosperity and destabilizes society. Many of us can recognize inequities whether about race, gender, climate, or the historical geographies of inequality caused by colonialism. Inequality is another word for the serious social challenges facing society that are woven into the very fabric of daily life and are deeply unjust.
This dialogue transitions from establishing shared understandings of inequality to evaluating the ascent of finance in contemporary life. Specifically, the role that assets and debts play in shaping the contours of who is at risk of experiencing inequality. We ask what is new about contemporary inequality and what has changed in the configuration of the economy itself to worsen inequality. To answer these questions the discussion shifts from the domestic national economies to global finance and interrogates the ways in which global financial markets connect to everyday life. We talk to authors of the book “The Asset Economy,” and learn income levels are just one among many significant factors, like family wealth or inherited wealth, plus age, race, gender, and where you live. These are the key elements that configure intergroup inequality.
Inequality. The Issue of Our Time
Inequality – The Issue of Our Time is a three-part series of dialogues led by Dr. Johnna Montgomerie, Professor of International Political Economy, at Kings College London. For many, inequality is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century because it erodes prosperity and destabilizes society. Many of us can recognize inequities whether about race, gender, climate, or the historical geographies of inequality caused by colonialism. Inequality is another word for the serious social challenges facing society that are woven into the very fabric of daily life and are deeply unjust.
