Inequality, The Spirit Level and more…
- Child and family health and wellbeing in Bradford and Tower HamletsA new report from the ActEarly project’s Healthy Livelihoods theme describing the economic, social and health context for families
- Inequality is a key cause of our epidemic of mental health problemsClick for Kate’s blog for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance
- The Change We NeedSPIRIT LEVEL LESSONS: A Six Point Plan For The Right (Left) Kind Of Active Government. We contributed this chapter to the new publication from the Tribune Group of Labour MPs
- UBI for mental wellbeingLevelling the Mental Health Gradiant Among Young People: How Universal Basic Income can address the crisis in depression and anxiety
- Scarcity and growthThis post celebrates the reprinting of Richard’s “Poverty and Progress” (1973) and looks at the driving forces of economic growth. Read the blog here: https://weall.org/scarcity-and-growth and order the re-issued book here:https://www.routledge.com/Poverty-and-Progress-An-Ecological-Model-of-Economic-Development/Wilkinson/p/book/9781032307039
Proud to join over 100 other lawyers in signing a declaration of conscience withholding our services from supporting new fossil fuel projects & prosecuting peaceful climate protesters. In the week that the IPCC issued its ‘final warning to humanity’, lawyers must act responsibly
Re: the unfolding banking crisis: Do you think there might be – just might be – a link between (a) the moral calibre and insane greed of bankers and (b) the fact they seem incapable of good corporate governance and effective risk management? 🤔
#NationaliseTheBanks #Max12to1
I’m really puzzled about the potential implications of the #PrivilegesCommittee investigation for ordinary citizens. So now if you break rules are you allowed to make a case that you were assured by someone else at the time that you didn’t and get away with denying it? 👀
This is the head of OFSTED Amanda Spielman. She descends from the O’Brien baronets and from the Kings of Thomond. She attended an exclusive boarding school and is married to the managing director of @Citibank. She has no teaching experience. I wonder how she got the job?
Given the ambition and desire for self enhancement of leading politicians, I am puzzled that after the latest IPCC Report, there is no head of state anywhere who wants to organise a proper global response to the climate crisis and pose as the saviour of humanity.