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Challenging Wealth and Income Inequality
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FutureLearn 
Overview

Duration

4 weeks

Total fee

2,763

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

Certificate

Challenging Wealth and Income Inequality
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FutureLearn 
Highlights

  • Duration 4 weeks
  • Weekly study 3 hours
  • 100% online Learn at your own pace
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Challenging Wealth and Income Inequality
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FutureLearn 
Course details

More about this course
  • From religious leaders to heads of state, everyone is talking about economic inequality. But what form does this take in different countries? What impact does it have on society? And why does it matter to you?
  • This online course will explore these growing concerns about wealth and income inequality.
  • You'll scrutinize claims that the baby boomer generation has had it all, while social and political changes have left younger generations struggling.
  • You'll examine the causes and implications of growing economic inequalities and what individuals, communities and governments can do about them.

Challenging Wealth and Income Inequality
 at 
FutureLearn 
Curriculum

Inequalities explained

Setting the scene

Why inequality does matter

The road to inequality

Pensions

Pensions in crisis

Sharing national income

Problems and solutions: winners and losers

Housing

The housing problem

Factors driving inequality

Solutions to housing inequality

Individual and collective action

What can I do?

What can countries do?

Beyond the baby boom

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