Episode 27. MIND THE (WEALTH) GAP: a social wealth fund for Britain

Reasons Revisited

Geoff Lloyd

Society & Culture, Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Hello! For richer, for poorer... the vast inequality of wealth in Britain won't get any better on its own. So, here's an idea... A sovereign or social wealth fund. Other countries have successfully saved the money made from natural resources, invested wisely, and been able to put the resources to productive use, even providing their citizens with a regular share of the income. We're joined by Carys Roberts and Angela Cummines to tell us how it could work here.

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by PodSaveTheUK,
0:02.8	the new weekly politics podcast with Nishkama and KokoKan.
0:06.4	We've been big fans of PodSaveAmerica for years.
0:10.5	And now, the people behind that podcast
0:13.3	bring you the same sharp, smart, funny perspective to UK politics.
0:17.8	Now, as I said at the start, the hosts and Nishkama,
0:20.6	love that guy, you'll know him from the Mashraport,
0:23.8	count the Southern TV shows and podcasts and radio programs.
0:27.6	But as well as being one of the funniest people I know,
0:30.1	he is also one of the cleverest.
0:32.0	And this is going to be the place where you get to hear
0:35.2	that big old brain, given space to soar.
0:38.6	Honestly, Nishkama's wired directly into the mainframe
0:41.8	of political news.
0:42.7	He's such an astute thinker and absolutely fearless.
0:46.4	And I was thrilled to see that he's teamed up
0:48.0	with journalist KokoKan.
0:49.6	I have really enjoyed her writing these last few years.
0:52.6	What I love about the pairing is she is not yet another
0:55.3	of the usual Westminster suspects.
0:57.3	Honestly, this is going to be funny, that's a given.
0:59.5	But it's also going to cut through the nonsense
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