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The author raises some fundamental questions about the distribution of wealth. Why is it that those who produce the wealth, the workers, receive only a small portion of what they have produced? Why are there so many unemployed and so cannot provide for themselves? What is the privilege that grants some a lion’s share of the product without having to work for it? A trade union organiser for many years, George Curtis came to realise that there are limits to the improvement in wages that can be achieved through collective bargaining so long as this privilege remains. In fact higher wages increase the windfall gains of those benefitting from the privilege. This book traces the cause of poverty to a widely accepted social institution, just as slavery once was, and reveals a way in which this defect could be remedied by introducing a more efficient way of funding government.

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Inequality is an issue that looks set to rise inexorably up the political agenda in the coming months and years. This excellent and timely little book addresses one of the fundamental causes of inequality, and puts forward a solution. --Bernadette Meaden, Ekklesia

"""I would strongly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in making our economy fairer."" --Independent Catholic News ""Inequality is an issue that looks set to rise inexorably up the political agenda in the coming months and years. This excellent and timely little book addresses one of the fundamental causes of inequality, and puts forward a solution that could in principle be acceptable to those on both the left and right of politics."" --Bernadette Meaden, Ekklesia ""Curtis believes a day will come when the concept of the private ownership of land would be seen as immoral and outdated as the institution of slavery ... This is a challenging, but readable book ... This year Methodists are being asked ""What's the Story?"". George Curtis has certainly got one to tell."" --David Hallam, Methodist Recorder"

I would strongly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in making our economy fairer. --Independent Catholic News Inequality is an issue that looks set to rise inexorably up the political agenda in the coming months and years. This excellent and timely little book addresses one of the fundamental causes of inequality, and puts forward a solution that could in principle be acceptable to those on both the left and right of politics. --Bernadette Meaden, Ekklesia Curtis believes a day will come when the concept of the private ownership of land would be seen as immoral and outdated as the institution of slavery ... This is a challenging, but readable book ... This year Methodists are being asked What's the Story? . George Curtis has certainly got one to tell. --David Hallam, Methodist Recorder

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George Curtis attended 7 different village schools in Lincolnshire, before starting full-time work at the age of 14 as his parents moved from farm to farm. He became a qualified Methodist local preacher and served for 30 years as the North Lincolnshire district organiser of the National Union of Agricultural Workers. In later life he was awarded a BSc (Hons) degree from the Open University.

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