Inheritocracy

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 *

Dr. Eliza Filby is a historian, author, and expert on generational changes in society. Her writing has been published in The Times, The Guardian, the Financial Times, and the New Statesman, amongst other publications. In 2022, she was awarded the Europa Forum’s Millennial Leaders Award for her research on generations. She has taught at the University of Warwick, King’s College London, and Renmin University, Beijing, and sits on the board at Mission Group as a non-executive director. She is the host of the It’s All Relative podcast and author of the popular #MajorRelate newsletter. She grew up in Tooting, south London, where she still lives with her husband and two children.