{"id":209,"date":"2016-02-08T08:44:34","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T08:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/?p=209"},"modified":"2016-02-08T08:44:34","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T08:44:34","slug":"the-debate-on-poverty-and-inequality-should-include-actions-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/2016\/02\/08\/the-debate-on-poverty-and-inequality-should-include-actions-too\/","title":{"rendered":"The debate on poverty and inequality should include actions too"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Professor John Diamond (Director of the University\u2019s I4P) looks ahead to the 3rd<\/sup> Annual I4P Lecture on 9 February:<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s lecture is being given by Professor Kate Pickett (York University and co-author of The Spirit Level<\/em>).<\/p>\n

The Spirit Level<\/em> addresses in a powerful and straightforward way, the causes of poverty and also inequality, not only here in the UK but across the world. The book can be read as a careful and systematic analysis of a range of data which illustrate the relationships between health, poor housing, low paid work, unemployment and poverty. But it is not merely a well argued, well informed analysis of the data. It points to the actions that governments as well as employers can take to address these structural inequalities and it argues as well, that both the non-actions of the state and those of employers represent choices to maintain inequality.<\/p>\n

It seems to me that the value of The Spirit Level<\/em> lies in the way it sets out the data and the evidence. You don\u2019t have to agree with their recommendations for action but it is hard to dispute their analysis. And for those that agree and share the analysis and the overall set of actions, it is important to think of what we then choose to do. We can choose to agree with the analysis but say that we can\u2019t adopt some of the recommendations (including adopting the Living Wage or looking at our procurement policies and thinking about our capacity to influence our suppliers and contractors) because we don\u2019t have the power or we can seek to adopt the recommendations as one set of small steps that begin to change the lives and working conditions of those who are dependent on our choices.<\/p>\n

We are involved in a funded piece of work from the Webb Memorial Trust on \u2018What Makes a Good Society\u2019 \u2013 adopting these recommendations would be a start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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