Séamus A. Power is an Associate Professor of Cultural Psychology at the University of Copenhagen and is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is currently the President (2024 – 2026) of the American Psychological Association's Division 5 Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology. Séamus researches the scopes, limits, and possibilities for accommodating diverse cultural practices in Western liberal democracies and the development of more ethical forms of capitalism in the era of climate change and political polarization.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Setting the scene; Part I: 3. Telling stories; 4. The rich are getting richer; 5. The rising tide lifts all boats; Part II: 6. The virtues of capitalism; 7. Understanding the vices of capitalism; 8. The curious case of Ireland; 9. Rising inequalities and global discontent; 10. Populism and the slide towards dictatorship; 11. The equality – difference paradox; Part III: 12. Three possible futures; 13. The rich continue to get richer; 14. Equality now; 15. Capitalisms; Index.

'This is a great book about the way individuals perceive rising inequality and the need for action. A must-read in our dangerous world.' Thomas Piketty, Co-Director, World Inequality Lab & World Inequality Database