Scotland’s Economics Festival
Fri 21 Mar
|The Out of The Blue Drill Hall,
Join us in Edinburgh to hear what the public really thinks about wealth inequality and wealth taxation in Scotland?
Time & Location
21 Mar 2025, 18:20 – 19:30
The Out of The Blue Drill Hall,, Leith, EH6 8RG
About the event
Sharing our wealth: What does the public think about wealth inequality and wealth taxation in Scotland?
Our economy generates enough wealth for everyone to have a good life. But the design of our economy ensures this wealth is unfairly distributed. The increasing power of wealth over hard work is creating an uneven playing field. While most people make money from working, the wealthiest people don’t have to work at all - their money does all the work for them.
Research Presenter: Dr Lukas Bunse, Policy and Knowledge Lead, WEAll Scotland
Panellists: Chloe Campbell, Policy and Parliamentary Officer, Poverty Alliance, Dr David Walsh, Senior Lecturer in Health Inequalities (Public Health), Glasgow University, Roz Foyer, General Secretary, Scotland’s Trade Union Centre (STUC) and Laurie Macfarlane, Co-Director, Future Economy Scotland. Chaired by Lisa Hough-Stewart, Director (Interim), WEAll Scotland.
Join WEAll Scotland for the launch of our latest research on public attitudes to wealth inequality and…