Inheritocracy
It’s Time to Talk About the Bank of Mum and Dad
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Ebury Publishing
Published:17th Jul '25
Should be back in stock very soon
Forget the myth of meritorcracy.
It's no longer about what you earn, or what you learn.
We are living in an inheritocracy, where the bank of mum and dad matters more than ever.
Parental support is the secret taboo of the modern world. Whether we have it or we don't, this shapes life for all of us.
Blending award-winning research, revealing interviews and candid stories, Eliza Filby digs deep into the bank of mum and dad to reveal how it affects our dating, our careers, our children, and everything else. Fresh, captivating and honest, she reveals the surprising ways the inheritocracy controls us all.
Witty and evidence-driven... offers a compelling analysis from start to finish * Sadiq Khan *
Both funny and important – it’s like a mash-up between Dolly Alderton and The Economist ... deserves to be read by every young person… and their parents * Rowan Pelling *
the most important book of 2024 * Ira Israel *
A very welcome book on one of the biggest social changes in Britain today ... Filby shows, with vivid personal examples, how this is transforming the relationship between successive generations * David Willetts *
Inheritocracy is that most valuable thing: a subtle, thorough, insightful look at a subject we all tend to shy away from. Filby is by turns funny, informative and familiar; we’re lucky to have her * Nell Frizzell *
The historian and writer revolutionising our understanding of Britain's inheritance economy * New Statesman *
admirably honest about a taboo ... packed with interviews * The Times *
ISBN: 9780753561904
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 19mm
Weight: 214g
304 pages