The standard
view on income inequality is that the US is a much more unequal society than
Europe. However, once we consider Europe
as a single entity (i.e., United States of Europe) rather than individual
countries, income inequality is much greater in Europe. Given that there is effectively a single
labour market in the EU, it probably makes sense to think of European income inequality
in this manner. You can read more on
this over at Slate.
Michael Aldous and I had our book The CEO: The Rise and Fall of Britain's Captains of Industry published a few weeks ago. You can find out more about it and buy it at Cambridge University Press's website . It is also available at Amazon , Waterstones , and Barnes & Noble . The CEO has already been reviewed in The Sunday Times , The Observer and Financial Times .