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The Great Gatsby Curve
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<blockquote data-quote="Walterp" data-source="post: 4053800" data-attributes="member: 321"><p>F Scott Fitzgerald’s tragic hero is the idea behind ‘The Great Gatsby Curve’ - which countries give you the greater chance of an even break to make it on your own, without ‘family money’ behind you, and which makes sure that if you’re born poor you will die so?</p><p></p><p>The cult of inheritance is one of the ill effects of Thatcherism: as income inequality between UK citizens increases, inheriting the advantages of your parents both buttresses and augments the built-in disadvantages that poor kids are born with. </p><p></p><p>Social immobility, house prices, buy-to-let, student loans, (and the abuse of IHT agricultural property relief) all fit neatly into this chart, explaining why the UK is a more divided (and divisive) country than it used to be. And it’ll get worse, because it’s a compounding phenomenon down the generations. </p><p></p><p>It also explains why, until the Conservatives realise that they need to be the proponents of opportunity rather than inherited privilege, they will struggle with The Nasty Party tag.</p><p></p><p>The Great Gatsby Curve is an argument about whether our country is fair. </p><p></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/The_Great_Gatsby_Curve.png/400px-The_Great_Gatsby_Curve.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Walterp, post: 4053800, member: 321"] F Scott Fitzgerald’s tragic hero is the idea behind ‘The Great Gatsby Curve’ - which countries give you the greater chance of an even break to make it on your own, without ‘family money’ behind you, and which makes sure that if you’re born poor you will die so? The cult of inheritance is one of the ill effects of Thatcherism: as income inequality between UK citizens increases, inheriting the advantages of your parents both buttresses and augments the built-in disadvantages that poor kids are born with. Social immobility, house prices, buy-to-let, student loans, (and the abuse of IHT agricultural property relief) all fit neatly into this chart, explaining why the UK is a more divided (and divisive) country than it used to be. And it’ll get worse, because it’s a compounding phenomenon down the generations. It also explains why, until the Conservatives realise that they need to be the proponents of opportunity rather than inherited privilege, they will struggle with The Nasty Party tag. The Great Gatsby Curve is an argument about whether our country is fair. [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/The_Great_Gatsby_Curve.png/400px-The_Great_Gatsby_Curve.png[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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