Using the Global Wealth Chain typology of Seabrooke and Wigan (2017) what type of wealth chain is each of these investors likely to employ and why?

DISCUSSION ESSAY

Answer 1 out of 2 questions

First, read:

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Question 1 – 50 marks

1.Figure 1 (below) shows the top 12 offshore property investors whoown multiple properties by volume (on the vertical axis) and levels of deprivation (on the horizontal axis) in the Liverpool and Merseyside Area (LMA). In addition, there are approximately 16% of investors who are single unit purchasers (they own one house). Using the Global Wealth Chain typology of Seabrooke and Wigan (2017) what type of wealth chain is each of these investors likely to employ and why?