My friend Richard Wilkinson stops by to talk about the effects of inequality and how we can solve it. Richard Wilkinson is a social epidemiologist and has studied inequality for over 40 years. We talk about the difference between developed nations and undeveloped nations in terms of inequality and well-being. We also talk about the correlation between violence and inequality. This is an incredible conversation with a wonderful human being!
Richard Gerald Wilkinson is a British social epidemiologist, author, advocate, and left-wing political activist. He is Professor Emeritus of social epidemiology at the University of Nottingham, having retired in 2008. He is also Honorary Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London and Visiting Professor at University of York. In 2009, Richard co-founded The Equality Trust. Richard was awarded a 2013 Silver Rose Award from Solidar for championing equality and the 2014 Charles Cully Memorial Medal by the Irish Cancer Society.
He is best known for his book with Kate Pickett The Spirit Level, first published in 2009, which argues that societies with more equal distribution of incomes have better health, fewer social problems such as violence, drug abuse, teenage births, mental illness, obesity, and others, and are more cohesive than ones in which the gap between the rich and poor is greater.
CHECK OUT ROBERT WILKINSON’S WEBSITE
https://wilkinsonpickett.com/
ON TWITTER
https://twitter.com/ProfRGWilkinson/
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