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The limits of inequality: why feeling poor matters in an age of abundance

Tuesday 28 July 2026
A collage of four images including a megaphone, a phone, a woman and a cityscape.

In a new article for LSE's Research for the World online magazine, PBS Visiting Senior Fellow Dr Séamus Power discusses his forthcoming book, Inequality: the view from manywheres. In it, he draws on psychology, anthropology, sociology and philosophy to understand why, despite historically high living standards, many people feel left behind.

Read the article in Research for the World