Mike Savage

How is privilege produced in Britain’s elite schools? Join the III & @lsesociology.bsky.social for the book launch of An Elite Education by @emmaemmatay.bsky.social, joined by Tiwa Adebayo, Annette Lareau, Lee Elliot-Major & @mikesavagelse.bsky.social Register: buff.ly/NTZKoR5

📢📢 Cover reveal! Why the Racial Wealth Divide Matters shows how historical links of colonisation shape the nature and meaning of this divide. Ed. Shabna Begum, Babette May, Adèle Oliver, Annalena Oppel, Vimal Ranchhod, and Mike Savage. Out Feb 2027 #OpenAccess 🔗 press.lse.ac.uk/books/e/10.3...

New in the Journal of the British Academy: Davina Cooper, Lydia Morris, Shirin M. Rai, Mike Savage, and Sylvia Walby come together to explore the concept of society’s potential to be otherwise and the methodological and evidentiary questions this raises. Read for free: doi.org/10.5871/jba/...

Join the @lsesociology.bsky.social & the III for the launch of the Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Global Elites, with speakers @will-davies.bsky.social, @urbanmorph.bsky.social, María Luisa Méndez, Annette Lareau, & @mikesavagelse.bsky.social, chaired by @aaronreeves.bsky.social.

How is privilege produced in Britain’s elite schools? Join the III & @lsesociology.bsky.social for the book launch of An Elite Education by @emmaemmatay.bsky.social, joined by Tiwa Adebayo, Annette Lareau, Lee Elliot-Major & @mikesavagelse.bsky.social Register: buff.ly/NTZKoR5

Looking forward to speaking at this event on 22nd October at @lsesociology.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/ev...

Who rules in unequal societies? Join Jenny Pearce, Juan David Velasco Montoya, @mikesavagelse.bsky.social and @cacrisalves.bsky.social for a discussion of Who Rules in Colombia? Elites, Power and Nation at the @afsee-lse.bsky.social event. 🎟️ Register: buff.ly/rTLmu3y

III Visiting Fellow Gaby Harris was interviewed for Thinking Allowed on BBC Radio 4 📻️ She discussed her research on how girls negotiate forms of pocket money to facilitate consumption, illuminating how these practices involve class and moral valuations. Listen to the full episode ⬇️

Really happy to see my new article on far-right politics, touristification and the ‘political economy of taste’ published in @bjsociology.bsky.social (open access) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Extreme Wealth Line project is a transdisciplinary initiative aiming at the introduction of an extreme wealth line (EWL), just like we have an extreme poverty line. The project has now published its two foundational papers, as LSE-III working papers #171 and #172: www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

Why do our societies seem so deeply divided when most citizens actually occupy a broad political middle ground? @steffenmau.bsky.social, @thomaslux.bsky.social & @lwestheuser.bsky.social unpack this paradox in Trigger Points, pub. today @brisunipress.bsky.social, Foreward @mikesavagelse.bsky.social

Last month @mikesavagelse.bsky.social delivered a webinar for the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, sharing insights from the Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Global Elites and the World Elite Database. Catch up on the recording ⬇️

Join @mikesavagelse.bsky.social for a webinar with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, which will draw on findings from the Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Global Elites, including results from the World Elite Database. Register ➡️ buff.ly/l40Wqcd

If you are in East London next Tuesday do come along to hear Faiza and me next Tuesday evening…

💻️ Upcoming webinar hosted by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs: @mikesavagelse.bsky.social will draw on results from the World Elite Database project which considers comparative features of elite formation across the globe. 🕒️ 10am - 11am EDT / 3pm - 4pm BST 🔗 buff.ly/jGmvW94

📣 Over 500 of the UK’s most economically influential individuals have been identified in a new analysis published by III researchers. It shows that many of those with the greatest economic power remain largely unseen by the wider public, thus avoiding public scrutiny. buff.ly/JW4FLQu

#EuSocialForum I enjoyed the wealth inequality panel. Great synergy between the contributions by Salvatore Morelli and Aline Muller, and the sociological reflections by Mike Savage, and my philosophical input.

On autosociobiography and social mobility: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @mikesavagelse.bsky.social @samfriedman.bsky.social

Great @lseinequalities.bsky.social blog by Will Snell on the missed opportunities of yesterday’s budget blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

🔜 Next week! We are excited to be joined by Emma Chamberlain, @helenmiller.bsky.social, @maharafiatal.bsky.social, and @mikesavagelse.bsky.social to discuss why it is so important for the Chancellor to address current wealth trends in her upcoming budget. Register now ⬇️ buff.ly/fXy9xsz

@mikesavagelse.bsky.social on UK wealth inequality in @uk.theconversation.com, Yu Xie and Junming Huang on China and scholarship in @washingtonpost.com, and Ashley Railey on substance use in OSU News. Read more here from The Society Pages' Clippings of Sociology in the News: 🔗 bit.ly/3WOQHG1 🔗

In a new piece for @uk.theconversation.com, @mikesavagelse.bsky.social argues that we need to restore the vital principle that private wealth entails social responsibilities. 🎟️ Hear more in our online event on 18 November: buff.ly/fXy9xsz Read the article ⬇️ buff.ly/QG56QyD

Just published! My call for a ‘cultural politics of wealth’, to tilt the political debate towards understanding the vital need to tax wealth, one way or another…. @lseinequalities.bsky.social theconversation.com/the-uks-weal...

Faiza has been a fabulous academic colleague at LSE Sociology & LSE International Inequalities Institute over recent years. This is a serious error by the BBC.

On top of this, our own research shows that the racial wealth gap is particularly stark, in part driven by the fact people of colour are much less likely to accumulate wealth via homeownership and inheritance 🏡

My latest on Trumpian craziness/neo-fascism

Great blog by Michele Lamont on how we need to defend progressive cultural interventions to resist the abhorrent divisive and exclusionary tactics of Trump & MAGA. Very relevant to the UK & other nations too. blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

Prominent UK women tell rightwingers: stop linking immigration to sexual abuse

Life’s getting a bit more crap here if you are a person from an ethnic minority 🧵

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To engage people on the problem of wealth inequality, we should focus on the “unfair influence” wielded by those at the top, write @michaelvaughan.bsky.social, @wealtherty.bsky.social & Annalena Oppel, even if that causes outrage. @jrf-uk.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/GAf0Es5

Is there something distinct about wealth as an economic resource that should change how we think about poverty? In the new episode of Antisocial Economics, @wealtherty.bsky.social talks to @mikesavagelse.bsky.social and @jowolff.bsky.social about what we mean by poverty and wealth.

It is as bad as we have ever seen it. The scenes of famine in Gaza are simply barbaric. As MPs of Israeli and Palestinian descent, we hope though that recognition of the State of Palestine will serve to flame the embers of hope for peace. My open letter with @alexsobel.co.uk

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1/10 🚨Why do women accumulate less wealth than men across countries and time? I had the privilege of co-directing the latest Special Issue of #SER @sasemeeting.bsky.social with @celinebessiere.bsky.social on gender and wealth accumulation. 🧵 ⤵️ academic.oup.com/ser/article/...

🌟 @samfriedman.bsky.social and @mikesavagelse.bsky.social were awarded the Outstanding Team Impact prize for their project "Abolishing the Non-Dom Tax Regime". This award recognises excellence achieved as a team, spanning researchers, professional services, and external organisations.

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And on it goes. Israeli politicians using UK media to stoke up outrage around Bob Vylan & Kneecap must be laughing their heads off at how easy it all is. I think this brings the Palestinian death toll *since the Glastonbury performance* in to triple figures. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigel Farage has made headlines with his commitment to tax the rich to put money in the pockets of the poor. Faiza Shaheen argues in @theguardian.com‬ that this policy is designed to resonate with an electorate hungry for tangible change, mixed with an idea of British patriotism. buff.ly/lKE1ehw

Join us tonight to discuss our latest report with @lseinequalities.bsky.social, on the racial wealth divide We'll be joined by @kojokoram.bsky.social, @shabna.bsky.social @faizashaheen.bsky.social and the report's authors for a vital discussion on how to build a fairer future 🎟 buff.ly/mYr0F8s

🧵New @jrf-uk.bsky.social and @lseinequalities.bsky.social report by @wealtherty.bsky.social @michaelvaughan.bsky.social and Annalena Oppel: We showcase three different ways of talking about wealth inequality and what difference it makes to public attitudes. 1/3 www.jrf.org.uk/wealth-fundi...

Coming up next week! Join us for the launch of ‘Why the UK Racial Wealth Divide Matters: a call for action’, a new report written in collaboration with @runnymedetrust.bsky.social‬. Together, the speakers will open up a vital conversation on how we build a fairer future. 🎟 buff.ly/mYr0F8s

“The people we spoke to perceived politicians to be calculating and mendacious, exploiting positions of privilege and power by ‘lining their pockets’, ‘being on the take’ or ‘feathering their own nest’” – @sachahilhorst.bsky.social‬ & Insa Koch in #LSEInequalitiesBlog

Jeremy Bowen's long, measured, objective, but ultimately entirely clear and conclusive essay on Israeli war crimes. As Jonathan Sumption puts it: "These things make genocide the most plausible explanation for what is now happening." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Has class consciousness disappeared from UK politics – or merely taken on a new form? From their interviews with communities in several towns and cities, @sachahilhorst.bsky.social‬ & Insa Koch uncover attitudes to wealth and power that remain deeply classed #LSEInequalitiesBlog 🔗 buff.ly/f32BEYC

Am proud to have been one of the authors of this report for @runnymedetrust.bsky.social, along with great colleagues from @lseinequalities.bsky.social . Please come to our launch next Tuesday at 6.30.

Congratulations Faiza! You will do a brilliant job in campaigning for tax justice in these difficult times. Thanks also for your amazing leadership & collegiality in. @lseinequalities.bsky.social - it has been a privilege to work with you.

I retired from @lsesociology.bsky.social last September after 12 fabulous years. Next Friday 6th June a great set of speakers will discuss topics I have worked on over the years. We will also think how we can respond to the urgent challenges of 2025. Please join online! www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/ev...

Are you concerned by huge & escalating racial wealth inequalities in the UK? Please come to hear the launch of our @lseinequalities.bsky.social report for @runnymedetrust.bsky.social on 10th June. Features @shabna.bsky.social @kojokoram.bsky.social Faiza Shaheen & us! www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...

🎙️ @mikesavagelse.bsky.social was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Free Thinking programme to discuss the meaning of community, explaining how social capital enables networks and bonds among people.