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Edmund Conway writing in the Daily Telegraph worries about the effects of inequality.
Tackling society's inequalities is what Labour governments are supposed to be about, and this one has quietly redistributed billions worth of tax since 1997, much of it paid by those fatcat bankers, to alleviate the plight of the poorest.
How much has it got to show for it?
Read Michael White's Guardian article
Unhappy Austrian millionaire gives away fortune...
Read Lynda Gratton in the Financial Times
Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson on Comment is Free
Lesley Riddoch writes that it's not only the poorest who suffer from inequality – in an equal society, fulfilment and health improve for everyone.
Read her article on Comment is Free
Richest 10% now 100 times better off than the poorest.
A letter in today's Guardian points out that employee ownership would have prevented the Cadbury sell-off.
Labour deputy leader to make inequality a key dividing line with Conservatives.
Bill Kerry's guest blog at Left Foot Forward
Read the full article by Caroline Lucas
You know things are out of whack when an investment bank is considering forcing its employees to donate to charity.
That plan is reportedly in the works at Goldman Sachs, with bonuses, some as high as eight figures, being paid to bankers this week.
Read the full article in The Seattle Times
Read the Time.com Q&A with Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett.
Hospital cleaners are worth more to society than city bankers, according to a new method of calculating the value of different jobs published today by nef.
Wilkinson and Pickett's study gave scientific weight to a long-held claim of the left: that people are happier and healthier when they live in societies where wealth is distributed more equally. But the book's influence stretches across party lines and its findings are likely to shape political debate for many years to come.
Read a letter by Malcolm Clark, Director of the One Society Campaign in today's Guardian, about the positives for bankers of losing their bonuses.
Dr Lynne Friedli talks about the impact of inequality on mental health, in a discussion with John Humphrys on the Today Programme - scroll down to 07.33
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