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Wealth & assets


In recent decades household wealth in Great Britain has risen from around three times national income to almost seven times, driven by higher house prices and pension valuations. This rise has profound implications for society, since wealth and assets provide security for all who have it, and power for a few at the top. Recently there have been advances in measurement, but not so much in understanding the implications for society. Our work assesses what the distribution means for living standards today, how wealth taxation could be reformed, and how policy might promote wealth accumulation for all.

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Molly Broome

Economist
T: 0203 372 2954
E: molly.broome@resolutionfoundation.org
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Arrears fears

The distribution of UK household wealth and the impact on families

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Intergenerational wealth transfers and the effect on UK families

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