'Max Rashbrooke's insightful commentary on how wealth, poverty, and class affects Aotearoa draws from an impressive evidence base, and offers a clear and illuminating summary of the often confusing data on inequality. An essential book for our times.' – Hautahi Kingi
'This revelatory book speaks to diverse economic experiences, the factors perpetuating the status quo, and how we can do better. Shedding light on unspoken social divisions and rules, Too Much Money brings Aotearoa New Zealand's story of intergenerational wealth to life.' – Olivia Wills, Senior Economist, NZIER
'Too Much Money is probably this country’s most insightful, well-researched, clearly written treatise on Aotearoa’s wealth divide to date.' – Penny Hartill, Kete Books
'This book explores the mechanisms that cause Aotearoa New Zealand’s wealth inequality to grow. With interviews woven throughout, Max Rashbrooke presents a compelling story of how access to wealth perpetuates opportunity, and what we can do about it.' – NZIER 2021 Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister
'[A book] that can help navigate through economic difficulties.' – Pip Adam, Radio New Zealand
'The richest 10% of New Zealanders hold more than half the country’s wealth. The poorer half of the population, meanwhile, holds just 2%. So why are we still so reluctant to talk about wealth inequality?' – Toby Morris, The Spinoff
'Max Rashbrooke is a New Zealand-based researcher focusing on economic inequality, and his new book Too Much Money argues that we need to refocus on the new/old subjects of wealth, class and wellbeing.' – Danyl McLauchlan, The Spinoff
'A very articulate analysis of how inequality is increasing, why it matters, and what to do about it.' – Harry Broad, RNZ Nine to Noon
'Researcher Max Rashbrooke is the author of Too Much Money, a new book subtitled “how wealth inequalities are unbalancing Aotearoa”. He believes that while the wage subsidy was effective at combating income inequality, other policies increased the kind of wealth inequality which saw billionaires particularly enjoy these past two years. He believes this could potentially have been clawed back with a one-time windfall tax – but says that any mention of tax has been rendered politically unsaleable in New Zealand, even for a Labour government.' – Duncan Greive, The Spinoff
'[Rashbrooke] is good at communicating and getting across complex concepts and data in a very accessible way. A huge contribution.' – Paul Diamond, RNZ Nine to Noon
'Too Much Money: How Wealth Disparities are Unbalancing Aotearoa New Zealand is the story of how wealth inequality is changing Aotearoa New Zealand. Possessing wealth opens up opportunities to live in certain areas, get certain kinds of education, make certain kinds of social connections, exert certain kinds of power. And when access to these opportunities becomes alarmingly uneven, the implications are profound.' – New Books Network
'In his new book, Too Much Money, author Max Rashbrooke explores the widening wealth gap in New Zealand, and how inheritances and a booming property market are driving an even bigger wedge between the rich and the financially disadvantaged. He also busts some myths about New Zealand as a classless society.' – Rob Stock, Stuff
'A penetrating examination of how the yawning wealth gap in Aotearoa New Zealand threatens to turn the country into [a] crassly class-ridden society.' – Finlay Macdonald, Newsroom
'Money is a five-letter word that's sometimes been viewed as a four-letter word in New Zealand. We like to think of ourselves as egalitarian, where anyone can get ahead, but the economic divide in New Zealand is getting wider. [Rashbrooke] explains the profound implications the M-word has for us all in Too Much Money.' – Radio New Zealand
'Income inequality is increasing in New Zealand, and it's unbalancing Aotearoa.' – 1 News
Read 'A fair chance for all: The story of disadvantage in New Zealand', Max Rashbrooke, The Spinoff
Read 'The Bank of Mum and Dad is allowing New Zealand's wealthy to become "opportunity hoarders"' in The Guardian
Read 'How do we fairly tax the rich' in Stuff
Read 'A classless society? Don't make me laugh' in Stuff
Listen tp 'Wellington Researcher on Rich New Zealanders: "Growing wealth inequality risks division"' on NewstalkZB
Watch 'Max Rashbrooke – Too Much Money and Inequality in Aotearoa New Zealand' on NZPSA | Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi
