Because more equal societies work better for everyone

Publications

A collection of reports, articles and books on the subject of income inequality, health and society, produced by the Equality Trust and others.
 

Why Inequality Matters 
Produced by members of My Fair London in association with The Equality Trust and published by the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS)

Inequality as a cause of the Great Recession?
Produced by the International Labour Office (ILO) Geneva

A Job in Itself: the Thankless Task for Young Unemployed People Looking for Work
Produced by the London School of Economics, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion

Research Digests

Research Digest #1 - Violent crime
by The Equality Trust

Research Digest #2 - Income Inequality: trends and measures 
by The Equality Trust

Research Digest #3 - Quintiles: how the other four fifths live
by The Equality Trust

Research Digest #4 - Social Mobility
by The Equality Trust

Research Digest #5 - Inequality and the riots
by The Equality Trust

Research Updates

Evidence and policy-making:speaking truth to power?
by The Equality Trust

The brain mechanisms behind egalitarian behaviour
by The Equality Trust

Income inequality and participation
by The Equality Trust

Social class and unethical behaviour
by The Equality Trust

Do people die from inequality of a decade ago
by The Equality Trust

Expectations of social exclusion and self-regulation
by The Equality Trust

Cultural activity and income gaps in the member states of the European Union  
by The Equality Trust

Income inequality and 30 day outcomes after heart failure, pneumonia and heart attacks
by The Equality Trust

Anticipated loneliness and intelligent thought
by The Equality Trust

Fact-sheets

Inequality and social mobility
by The Equality Trust

Inequality and child well-being 
by The Equality Trust


Published by others
 

Academic Articles

DAIWA Report: Japanese Income Distribution 

by Dimitris Ballas, Danny Dorling, Tomoki Nakaya, Helena Tunstall and Kazumasa Hanaoka [Analysis of Japanese income distribution figures. OECD shows figures suggesting it is not one of the most equal of the rich countries. This analysis was funded by Daiwa and is a collaboration between Japanese and British academics and concludes that Japan is indeed one of the more equal countries] 

Against the Organisation of Misery? The Marmot Review of health inequalities
by Kate E Pickett and Danny Dorling

Changing Children's Chances: Can Australia Learn From Nordic Countries?
by Centre for Citizenship and Globalisation

Child wellbeing and income inequality in rich societies: ecological cross section study
by Kate E Pickett and Richard G Wilkinson

Equality, Sustainability and Quality of Life
by Richard G Wilkinson, Kate E Pickett and Roberto de Vogli

Income inequality and population health: a review and explanation of the evidence
by Richard G Wilkinson and Kate E Pickett

Inequality and Happiness 
by Shigehiro Oishi, Selin Kesebir and Ed Diener

Income Inequality and Social Dysfunction
by Richard G Wilkinson and Kate E Pickett

Wider income gap, wider waistbands? An ecological study of obesity and income inequality
by Kate E Pickett, Shona Wilkinson, Eric Brunner, Tim Lobstein and Richard G Wilkinson

Why is violence more common where inequality is greater?
by Richard G Wilkinson

Books

Against Power Inequalities
by Henry Tam

Beyond the Corporation: Humanity Working
by David Erdal

Fair Play: Reader on Social Justice
by Danny Dorling

Green Economics: An Introduction to Theory, Policy & Practice
by Molly Scott Cato

Injustice: Why social inequality persists
by Danny Dorling

Local Heroes: How Loch Fyne Oysters Embraced Employee Ownership and Business Success
by David Erdal

People-First Economics: Making a clean start for jobs, justice and climate
Edited by David Ransom & Vanessa Baird

The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone
by Richard G Wilkinson and Kate E Pickett

Why some politicians are more dangerous than others
By James Gilligan

Reports

Cheques with Balances: why tackling high pay is in the national interest  
Final report of the High Pay Commission

Missing Out
Written by Matthew Whittaker and Lee Savage for the Resolution Foundation

Fairness and Prosperity
Written by Howard Reed for ToUChstone Extras

The Ratio: common sense controls for executive pay and revitalising UK business
A New Economics Foundation report

More for Less: what has happened to pay at the top and does it matter?
Interim report of the High Pay Commission

Growth without gain? The faltering living standards of people on low-to-middle incomes
A Resolution Foundation report by James Plunkett

Britain's livelihood crisis
A ToUChstone pamphlet by Stewart Lansley

Getting what we deserve? Attitudes to pay, reward and desert
An IPPR report by Kayte Lawton and Tess Lanning

An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK
Report of the National Equality Panel

Enough is Enough: Ideas for a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources
by the Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy

Unfair to Middling: How shrinking wages fuelled the crash & threaten recovery 
A ToUChstone pamphlet by Stewart Lansley

Fair Society, Healthy Lives
The Marmot strategic review of health inequalities in England post-2010

Is Equality Fair? What the public really think about equality - and what we should do about it
A Fabian Society publication edited by Tom Hampson and Jemima Olchawski

Understanding attitudes to tacking income inequality
A Fabian Society report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation 
by Louise Bamfield and Tim Horton

What are the implications of attitudes towards income inequality
A Fabian Society report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation 
by Brendan Barber, Eileen Devaney and Philippa Stroud

A Bit Rich: Calculating the real value to society of different professions 
By the new economics foundation

The Impact of Income Inequalities on sustainable development in London
A Report for the London Sustainable Commission
by Richard G Wilkinson and Kate E Pickett

The Political Debate about Economic Inequality: An information resource
A Fabian Society report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
by Ruth Sheldon with Reg Platt and Naomi Jones 

Analysis / Commentary

Dark Times for those who cannot work: No competence, no compassion in incapacity benefits
by Steve Griffith (Compass Thinkpiece)

Ideas in place of fear: reducing inequality and fermenting justice

by Danny Dorling (Compass Thinkpiece)

Inequality: mother of all evils?
Guardian article (13.03.09) with infographics on inequality
by Tom Clark

Taking the equality out of the left ghetto 

by Bill Kerry (Compass Thinkpiece June,2009)

The Spirit Level Revisted: a plain man’s guide to statistical inference in The Spirit Level and in the critique offered by Peter Saunders
by Hugh Noble

December 2012