Who Owns Britain?

Panel discussion about wealth inequality at the 2017 Festival of Economics, Bristol, featuring Facundo Alvaredo, Torsten Bell, John Hills and Karen Rowlingson, chaired by Romesh Vaitilingam

  1. Top 10% to bottom 10% has 4:1 more income and a whopping 83:1 more of personal wealth #economicsfest
  2. Credit Suisse has come up with global wealth figure that the top 1% has the same amount as the other 99% #economicsfest
  3. "Choose your parents wisely" advice on maximising personal wealth from the #economicsfest
  4. Aaaaand the panellists ignored the second (more important) half of my question about millenials in the workforce #economicsfest
  5. @TorstenBell really prioritises housing: when talking Pride and Prejudice, happily referenced Pemberly but needed to be reminded who owned it #negativepopculturepoints #economicsfest
  6. @FestivalofIdeas  Great discussion tonight on Who 0wns UK by, Hill, Bell and Rowling. Subject of inequality should get you mad, stats r fact https://t.co/HCFZnLra6R
    @FestivalofIdeas Great discussion tonight on Who 0wns UK by, Hill, Bell and Rowling. Subject of inequality should get you mad, stats r fact pic.twitter.com/HCFZnLra6R
  7. The only female panellist keeps putting herself down while the male ones talk well over time - lean in girl #economicsfest
  8. Given how much time we're spending talking about housing here at #economicsfest, can't help thinking @ACORN_Bristol ought to be here
  9. @TorstenBell calling to arms for vocational education, as the catastrophic problem for inequality in Britain. #economicsfest
  10. First mention of the environmental agenda and sustainable growth in the last minute of the talk on wealth #economicsfest
  11. Nice to hear today from @TorstenBell about how big issue is wealth #inequality and that we need to start discussing how to solve it. #economicsfest