Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett

Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett

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  • The Good Society
    Kate’s new book published by Bodley Head on 05 Feb 2026
  • The Spirit Level at 15
    Click here for The Equality Trust website to read a summary, download the full report, technical appendix and PowerPoint slidedeck
  • Our landmark book revealed the cost of inequality. Fifteen years later, things have only got worse
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/23/landmark-book-spirit-level-cost-inequality-fifteen-years-later-worse-labour Labour should be emboldened by the popularity of policies aimed at breaking down inequality: now’s the time for ambition
  • A call to action in the Big Issue
    To tackle child poverty, we need action as bold as Labour creating the welfare state in 1945
  • Why the world cannot afford the rich
    Commentary, Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00723-3

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Social epidemiologist, co-author of The Spirit Level, also of The Inner Level, co-founder of The Equality Trust. Born at 310.5 level of CO2.

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profrgwilkinson Richard G Wilkinson @profrgwilkinson ·
21 Mar

Faced with growing militarism and environmental breakdown, this is a new article we wrote – just a few hundred words – about survival.

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profrgwilkinson Richard G Wilkinson @profrgwilkinson ·
20 Mar

Brilliant speach from Zak Polanski

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profrgwilkinson Richard G Wilkinson @profrgwilkinson ·
19 Mar

Armed Conflict or Mutual Survival?

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18 Mar

Jeremy Corbyn’s going to Cuba to try and help break the blockade:

“Donald Trump is determined to strangle Cuba completely. Please support the Cuba Vive Medical Aid Appeal.”

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