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Income and wealth inequality! I don’t see a way out for the UK

Median wealth per adult in the UK is 176k. In the US it is only 124k.

Source: UBS Global Wealth Report 2025

Of course US does has a much higher mean wealth…

The wealth inequality in the U.K. is very genratioanly skewed, mainly from the source of that wealth (housing and final salary pensions) which is no longer available to younger people.

Would you mind telling me if you are a genuine person who lived in the UK, or at least have some knowledge of the country beyond recent tweets?

Honestly I am shocked at the recent rise of anti-UK comments with horribly incorrect information or skewed views and curious about what is sourcing this.

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