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Inheritocracy: It's Time to Talk about the Bank of Mum and Dad—
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The Story
Forget the myth of meritorcracy.
It's no longer about what you earn, or what you learn.
We are living in an inheritocracy, where the bank of mum and dad matters more than ever. Parental support is the secret taboo of the modern world. Whether we have it or we don't, this shapes life for all of us. Blending award-winning research, revealing interviews and candid stories, Eliza Filby digs deep into the bank of mum and dad to reveal how it affects our dating, our careers, our children, and everything else. Fresh, captivating and honest, she reveals the surprising ways the inheritocracy controls us all.
Author: Eliza Filby
Publisher: Random House (UK)
Published: 01/27/2026
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.73h x 5.05w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780753561904
About the Author
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.
It's no longer about what you earn, or what you learn.
We are living in an inheritocracy, where the bank of mum and dad matters more than ever. Parental support is the secret taboo of the modern world. Whether we have it or we don't, this shapes life for all of us. Blending award-winning research, revealing interviews and candid stories, Eliza Filby digs deep into the bank of mum and dad to reveal how it affects our dating, our careers, our children, and everything else. Fresh, captivating and honest, she reveals the surprising ways the inheritocracy controls us all.
Author: Eliza Filby
Publisher: Random House (UK)
Published: 01/27/2026
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.73h x 5.05w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780753561904
About the Author
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.
Description
Forget the myth of meritorcracy.
It's no longer about what you earn, or what you learn.
We are living in an inheritocracy, where the bank of mum and dad matters more than ever. Parental support is the secret taboo of the modern world. Whether we have it or we don't, this shapes life for all of us. Blending award-winning research, revealing interviews and candid stories, Eliza Filby digs deep into the bank of mum and dad to reveal how it affects our dating, our careers, our children, and everything else. Fresh, captivating and honest, she reveals the surprising ways the inheritocracy controls us all.
Author: Eliza Filby
Publisher: Random House (UK)
Published: 01/27/2026
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.73h x 5.05w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780753561904
About the Author
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.
It's no longer about what you earn, or what you learn.
We are living in an inheritocracy, where the bank of mum and dad matters more than ever. Parental support is the secret taboo of the modern world. Whether we have it or we don't, this shapes life for all of us. Blending award-winning research, revealing interviews and candid stories, Eliza Filby digs deep into the bank of mum and dad to reveal how it affects our dating, our careers, our children, and everything else. Fresh, captivating and honest, she reveals the surprising ways the inheritocracy controls us all.
Author: Eliza Filby
Publisher: Random House (UK)
Published: 01/27/2026
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.73h x 5.05w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780753561904
About the Author
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.
