Wealth, Poverty and Enduring Inequality

Sarah Kerr's 'Wealth, Poverty and Enduring Inequality: Let's Talk Wealthity' critiques the relative neglect of wealth in social policy and public debate, arguing that wealth concentration drives long-term inequality.

She shows that data collection on wealth is recent and incomplete, which has hindered understanding of asset distribution and its social consequences.

Kerr highlights democratic and economic harms from wealth concentration, including influence over policy and increased insecurity for those lacking durable assets.

The book promotes new language and ideas—like 'wealthity' and the study of agnotology—to shift focus toward both lack of access to wealth and hyperconcentration at the top.

It calls for policy attention to inheritance, taxation, and the structures that reproduce intergenerational advantage.