In a world so focused on mindless consumption and status acquisition, the developed world’s epidemic of anxiety and depression should come as no surprise.
The Ford Foundation believes we have an obligation to strengthen capitalism. In fact we have a duty to transform it.
The Ford Foundation’s new mission is to eradicate inequality. Will they learn from past mistakes?
An English city celebrated for its prosperity is riven with extreme inequality, poverty and inadequate housing.
Collective resistance to the erosion of housing rights is growing. We need to turn this into a national movement.
It has long been recognised that extreme inequality has many serious social consequences, as well as causing economic fragility and weakness - now the time has surely come to act.
The rich get rich through wealth extraction, not wealth creation. It’s time that was put to an end.
This is an extract from Danny Dorling's new book "inequality and the 1%", available from Verso.
