RSA - Why Social Inequality Persists

Why Social Inequality Persists

22nd Apr 2010; 18:00

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RSA Keynote

Few would dispute that we live in an unequal and unjust world, but what causes this inequality to persist?

Danny Dorling, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Sheffield, claims that, as the five social evils identified by Beveridge are gradually being eradicated, they are being replaced by five new tenets of injustice - elitism, exclusion, prejudice, greed and despair.

Who is most harmed by these injustices and why, and what happens to those who most benefit? How can we muster the collective will to eradicate these damaging beliefs and behaviours and achieve a happier, more just society?

Speaker: Professor Daniel Dorling, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Sheffield.

Respondent: Kate Pickett, Professor of Epidemiology, University of York and co-author, ‘The Spirit Level’

Chair: Matthew Taylor, chief executive, RSA

Danny Dorling Presentation to the RSA. April 2010

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