George Osborne is a walking ad for a wealth tax. Labour should target the inheritocracy | Polly Toynbee
George Osborne is a walking ad for a wealth tax. Labour should target the inheritocracy | Polly Toynbee
‘Tax wealth, not work’ would be a powerful message for Starmer and Reeves – are they bold enough to pursue it?
Now he’s retired from casting millions of people into poverty, George Osborne has become another flaunting, flamboyant example of a…
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December 3, 2024 at 6:31 AM
George Osborne is a walking ad for a wealth tax. Labour should target the inheritocracy | Polly Toynbee
Bank of Mum and Dad: why we all now live in an ‘inheritocracy’
Bank of Mum and Dad: why we all now live in an ‘inheritocracy’
Family wealth dictates our life choices. So is the Bank of Mum and Dad now behind so many of society’s growing inequalities?
You know the Bank of Mum and Dad when you see it: it’s your friend who seems broke, but always has a safety net, or who suddenly…
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November 17, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Bank of Mum and Dad: why we all now live in an ‘inheritocracy’
"This shift [to inheritocracy] has alarming economic and social consequences, because it imperils not just the meritocratic ideal, but capitalism itself. ... It creates a rentier class that faces a series of bad incentives." www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
February 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"This shift [to inheritocracy] has alarming economic and social consequences, because it imperils not just the meritocratic ideal, but capitalism itself. ... It creates a rentier class that faces a series of bad incentives." www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Parental support has effects well beyond getting on the housing ladder. For those who believe in a meritocracy and in equality of opportunity, the trend of ‘inheritocracy’ has significant implications. on.ft.com/3Viis9C
December 3, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Parental support has effects well beyond getting on the housing ladder. For those who believe in a meritocracy and in equality of opportunity, the trend of ‘inheritocracy’ has significant implications. on.ft.com/3Viis9C
‘Tax wealth, not work’ would be a powerful message for Starmer and Reeves – are they bold enough to pursue it?
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George Osborne is a walking ad for a wealth tax. Labour should target the inheritocracy | Polly Toynbee
‘Tax wealth, not work’ would be a powerful message for Starmer and Reeves – are they bold enough to pursue it, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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December 3, 2024 at 11:29 AM
‘Tax wealth, not work’ would be a powerful message for Starmer and Reeves – are they bold enough to pursue it?
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This is a particularly interesting thread to pull on re. inheritocracy actually, as making people less able to leave their spouses.
In divorce - all assets are up for grabs, and court splits on the basis of need. But this doesn't account for inheritocracy...
In divorce - all assets are up for grabs, and court splits on the basis of need. But this doesn't account for inheritocracy...
Worth mentioning - when we're talking about "bank of mum and dad" we're not just talking about a vector of intergenerational transfer of wealth (and control) but often a vector for marital abuse around control of finances and access to safety.
November 18, 2024 at 2:43 PM
This is a particularly interesting thread to pull on re. inheritocracy actually, as making people less able to leave their spouses.
In divorce - all assets are up for grabs, and court splits on the basis of need. But this doesn't account for inheritocracy...
In divorce - all assets are up for grabs, and court splits on the basis of need. But this doesn't account for inheritocracy...
The Afghan cover-up; that tree; Inheritocracy; the man who believes his sister died as a consequence of their mother’s narcissism.
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July 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The Afghan cover-up; that tree; Inheritocracy; the man who believes his sister died as a consequence of their mother’s narcissism.
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„The return of inheritocracy“
Der Economist wieder mal ganz Linksaußen für deutsche Verhältnisse.
Der Economist wieder mal ganz Linksaußen für deutsche Verhältnisse.
February 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
„The return of inheritocracy“
Der Economist wieder mal ganz Linksaußen für deutsche Verhältnisse.
Der Economist wieder mal ganz Linksaußen für deutsche Verhältnisse.
These ghouls always pretend that they would support higher taxes on the wealthy if they were structured slightly differently.
June 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM
These ghouls always pretend that they would support higher taxes on the wealthy if they were structured slightly differently.
Policy failure
The rich get richer: Australia is at risk of becoming an inheritocracy
There is a record number of billionaires in Australia … now home to 161 billionaires, up 11 from last year
In 1984 that list had just two people with the equivalent wealth of $1 billion in today’s money
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The rich get richer: Australia is at risk of becoming an inheritocracy
There is a record number of billionaires in Australia … now home to 161 billionaires, up 11 from last year
In 1984 that list had just two people with the equivalent wealth of $1 billion in today’s money
#auspol
The rich get richer: Australia is at risk of becoming an inheritocracy
The richest people in this country aren’t just getting richer, they’re also doing it faster than the rest of us. And there’s one key reason why.
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June 8, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Policy failure
The rich get richer: Australia is at risk of becoming an inheritocracy
There is a record number of billionaires in Australia … now home to 161 billionaires, up 11 from last year
In 1984 that list had just two people with the equivalent wealth of $1 billion in today’s money
#auspol
The rich get richer: Australia is at risk of becoming an inheritocracy
There is a record number of billionaires in Australia … now home to 161 billionaires, up 11 from last year
In 1984 that list had just two people with the equivalent wealth of $1 billion in today’s money
#auspol
Are we facing the return of "inheritocracy"?
Are we facing the return of "inheritocracy"? @morellisal.bsky.social, whose research was cited by The Economist in a recent article on inherited wealth, discusses the rising importance of inheritance and potential solutions for the negative effects of the Great Wealth Transfer.
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Salvatore Morelli on the Rising Importance of Inheritance and How to Curb Its Negative Effects - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Salvatore Morelli, whose research was cited by The Economist in a recent article on the “return of inheritocracy,” discusses the surge in inherited wealth, what this means for wealth inequality, and p...
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March 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Are we facing the return of "inheritocracy"?
Bank of Mum and Dad: why we all now live in an ‘inheritocracy’
Bank of Mum and Dad: why we all now live in an ‘inheritocracy’
Family wealth dictates our life choices. So is the Bank of Mum and Dad now behind so many of society’s growing inequalities?
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November 17, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Bank of Mum and Dad: why we all now live in an ‘inheritocracy’
📬 Quite some while ago @hannahfearn.bsky.social and @nndroid.bsky.social interviewed Eliza Filby on @bunkerpod.bsky.social & had a superb chat about the #BankOfMumAndDad.
Filby’s book #Inheritocracy has arrived in paperback, and now my shelves 🤗
👨🏫 #NonFictionBooks 💡📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #OctoberBookHaul 📦
Filby’s book #Inheritocracy has arrived in paperback, and now my shelves 🤗
👨🏫 #NonFictionBooks 💡📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #OctoberBookHaul 📦
October 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
📬 Quite some while ago @hannahfearn.bsky.social and @nndroid.bsky.social interviewed Eliza Filby on @bunkerpod.bsky.social & had a superb chat about the #BankOfMumAndDad.
Filby’s book #Inheritocracy has arrived in paperback, and now my shelves 🤗
👨🏫 #NonFictionBooks 💡📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #OctoberBookHaul 📦
Filby’s book #Inheritocracy has arrived in paperback, and now my shelves 🤗
👨🏫 #NonFictionBooks 💡📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #OctoberBookHaul 📦
Meritocracy?! Try inheritocracy
September 6, 2024 at 4:12 AM
Meritocracy?! Try inheritocracy
Inheritocracy is must-read.
Eliza Filby explains how the opportunities we have in life are increasingly shaped by the ‘Bank of Mum & Dad’
#inheritocracy #booksky
Eliza Filby explains how the opportunities we have in life are increasingly shaped by the ‘Bank of Mum & Dad’
#inheritocracy #booksky
November 30, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Inheritocracy is must-read.
Eliza Filby explains how the opportunities we have in life are increasingly shaped by the ‘Bank of Mum & Dad’
#inheritocracy #booksky
Eliza Filby explains how the opportunities we have in life are increasingly shaped by the ‘Bank of Mum & Dad’
#inheritocracy #booksky
Bought, but stuck in a queue behind Inheritocracy, Ambundance and Moral Ambition; I am literally that much of a cliché.
September 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Bought, but stuck in a queue behind Inheritocracy, Ambundance and Moral Ambition; I am literally that much of a cliché.
“In the next decade, Chinese with a net worth of more than $5m will transfer an estimated $2.1trn to the next generation.” Sarah Wu and Jiehao Chen discuss China’s new inheritocracy on this week’s “Drum Tower” podcast. Listen now
China’s new inheritocracy
Our weekly podcast on China. This week, is China heading towards a new era of silver spoons and dimmed dreams?
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March 21, 2026 at 2:40 PM
“In the next decade, Chinese with a net worth of more than $5m will transfer an estimated $2.1trn to the next generation.” Sarah Wu and Jiehao Chen discuss China’s new inheritocracy on this week’s “Drum Tower” podcast. Listen now
"Wealth has grown much faster than earned incomes since about the early 1980s."
🎙️ @david-sturrock.bsky.social on why social mobility has been faltering in recent years, from our latest podcast on inheritocracy.
Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/fam...
🎙️ @david-sturrock.bsky.social on why social mobility has been faltering in recent years, from our latest podcast on inheritocracy.
Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/fam...
March 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
"Wealth has grown much faster than earned incomes since about the early 1980s."
🎙️ @david-sturrock.bsky.social on why social mobility has been faltering in recent years, from our latest podcast on inheritocracy.
Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/fam...
🎙️ @david-sturrock.bsky.social on why social mobility has been faltering in recent years, from our latest podcast on inheritocracy.
Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/fam...
Re: Vancouver Property Tax Rates — even The Economist magazine argues for property taxes that attack underlying land values, as a hedge against a rising “inheritocracy” www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
March 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Re: Vancouver Property Tax Rates — even The Economist magazine argues for property taxes that attack underlying land values, as a hedge against a rising “inheritocracy” www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
As someone whose most reliable safety net has been the squatting scene and who regularly sends money to my parents rather than receiving it, I deeply identify with the resentment towards inheritocracy expressed in this text. Especially the kind of inheritocracy you see around the left milieu.
A very important read and it's desperately annoying that it's a taboo even in most parts of the left!
For all abstract definitions of "class" it's clearly the case that it's essentially inheritance and / or easy access to capital.
Once defined can be reformed!
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For all abstract definitions of "class" it's clearly the case that it's essentially inheritance and / or easy access to capital.
Once defined can be reformed!
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Bank of Mum and Dad: why we all now live in an ‘inheritocracy’
Family wealth dictates our life choices. So is the Bank of Mum and Dad now behind so many of society’s growing inequalities?
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:05 PM
As someone whose most reliable safety net has been the squatting scene and who regularly sends money to my parents rather than receiving it, I deeply identify with the resentment towards inheritocracy expressed in this text. Especially the kind of inheritocracy you see around the left milieu.
lol inheritocracy
March 11, 2026 at 10:20 PM
lol inheritocracy
As many countries see the rise of a new "inheritocracy," estate, inheritance, and gift (EIG) taxes are declining. But there's a lot of variation across countries' EIG tax. Learn how to visualize data on the GC Wealth Project site (@stone-lis@bsky.social)
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wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu/news/article...
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wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu/news/article...
June 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
As many countries see the rise of a new "inheritocracy," estate, inheritance, and gift (EIG) taxes are declining. But there's a lot of variation across countries' EIG tax. Learn how to visualize data on the GC Wealth Project site (@stone-lis@bsky.social)
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wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu/news/article...
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wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu/news/article...
We have an “inheritocracy.” We do not have a meritocracy. That’s why Nepo Baby is a common insult.
June 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
We have an “inheritocracy.” We do not have a meritocracy. That’s why Nepo Baby is a common insult.