“The downward pressure on the incomes of the West’s middle classes in the coming years will be relentless.” — Edward Luce Inequality Copy Share Image
“For all the emphasis we place on our multicultural cities, they epitomise our oligarchic reality.” — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
“In the US, the more liberal a city’s politics, the higher the rate of inequality.45” — Edward Luce Inequality Copy Share Image
“The meritocratic society has given way to a hereditary meritocracy.” — Edward Luce Meritocracy Copy Share Image
“Brecht once said: ‘All power comes from the people. But where does it go?” — Edward Luce Brecht Copy Share Image
“Davos has become the emblem of a global elite that has lost its ability to listen.” — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
“History tells us that inequality soars when societies develop.” — Edward Luce History Copy Share Image
“We cannot simultaneously pursue democracy, national determination and economic globalisation.” — Edward Luce Democracy Copy Share Image
“the murder rate has fallen by 16.7 per cent in the US cities since the turn of the century, while rising by… — Edward Luce Mirror image Copy Share Image
“It is not just that people are staying physically put. They are also likelier to stay trapped in the same income group.… — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
“Summers complained of ‘the development of stateless elites whose allegiance is to global economic success and their own prosperity rather than the… — Edward Luce Elites Copy Share Image
“The meritocratic society has given way to a hereditary meritocracy. The children of the rich are overwhelmingly likely to stay rich.” — Edward Luce Children Copy Share Image
“Émile Durkheim, the father of modern sociology, said that when societies hit a civilisational break the suicide rate soars.” — Edward Luce Parenting Copy Share Image
“He advised a new ‘responsible nationalism’, which would ‘begin from the idea that the basic responsibility of government is to maximize the… — Edward Luce Nationalism Copy Share Image
“the basic responsibility of government is to maximize the welfare of its citizens, not to pursue some abstract concept of the global… — Edward Luce Politics Copy Share Image
“In 2000, exactly a third of Americans described themselves as lower class, according to Gallup. By 2015 that number had risen to almost half.35” — Edward Luce Lower class Copy Share Image
“Shortly afterwards Addis Ababa launched a crackdown on its opponents that resulted in hundreds of deaths. If America’s president was in two… — Edward Luce Death Copy Share Image
“Today’s equivalent is probably ‘get an engineering degree’, but it will not necessarily be as lucrative. A third of Americans who graduated… — Edward Luce Artificial intelligence Copy Share Image
“Can the West regain its optimism? If the answer is no – and most of the portents are skewing the wrong way… — Edward Luce Golden age Copy Share Image
“In San Francisco, an ideas factory for America’s most liberal social policies, more than six in ten homes are now worth more… — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
“There is a thin line between convincing people of the merits of a case and suggesting they are moral outcasts if they… — Edward Luce Thin line Copy Share Image
“In its study of the future of work, the laissez-faire Baker Institute admitted it had been ‘unable to find any solutions based… — Edward Luce Education Copy Share Image
“If the democratically backed will of the world’s largest trading bloc can be undone by a group of unelected trade judges, imagine… — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
“GDP numbers insist we are doing well, at a time when half the country is suffering from personal recessions. The world’s most… — Edward Luce Time Copy Share Image
“The new economy requires consumers with spending power – just as the old one did. Yet much like the farmer who eats… — Edward Luce Economics Copy Share Image
“According to one Harvard study, more students attended America’s elite universities from the top 1 per cent of income backgrounds than from… — Edward Luce Education Copy Share Image
“People tend to form political beliefs in their early years and then stick with them for life. If today’s rich young are… — Edward Luce Democracy Copy Share Image
“In 1970 only about one in seven American families lived in neighbourhoods that were unambiguously ‘affluent’ or ‘poor’.40 By 2007 that number… — Edward Luce Family Copy Share Image
