Links & Readings

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For data and analysis of changes in the distributions of wealth and income in Scotland, see http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0047/00473432.pdf; http://news.scotland.gov.uk/News/Wealth-and-Assets-in-Scotland-179c.aspx#downloads.; and http://scotgov.publishingthefuture.info/publication/poverty-and-income-inequality-in-scotland-201314

For comparative discussion of rising inequality levels, see OECD’s 2011 report ‘Divided We Stand: Why Inequality Keeps Rising’ (www.oecd.org/els/social/inequality).

Standard and Poor’s paper ‘QE and Economic Inequality: The UK Experience’ is available at their Global Credit Portal: https://www.globalcreditportal.com

The Scottish Centre for Social Research (ScotCen) has collated over-time results on Social Attitudes to income and wealth distributions at http://whatscotlandthinks.org/