Peak Injustice

Danny Dorling is 1971 Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Peter’s College. He is a patron of RoadPeace, Comprehensive Future and Heeley City Farm. He has published over 50 books, including the best-selling Peak Inequality: Britain’s Ticking Timebomb (2018) and Injustice: Why Social Inequality Still Persists (2014).

• Introduction – Britain’s inequality crisisSection 1: The politics of hopeThe inequality crisis: how did you not see me? 1.1 On Jeremy Corbyn 1.2 Would you let Boris Johnson drive your daughter home? 1.3 The curve of inequality and the Brexit Way 1.4 So, how did we end up with this government? 1.5 Osborne, Johnson and Starmer: let them eat growth? 1.6 A tale of three elections: Sweden, Italy and England 1.7 What the UK in 1922 and in 2017 had in common 1.8 Are things about to get better?Section 2: Poverty, destitution and happiness Anxiety, satisfaction, worth and happiness 2.1 Who spends more wisely: individuals or government? 2.2 Dying quietly: English suburbs and the stiff upper lip 2.3 The wreckers who tore British society apart 2.4 Austerity, not influenza, caused the UK’s health to deteriorate2.5 The income shock of 2020: a jolt in the fall after peak inequality2.6 The roundabout: class hate in England2.7 Why Finland is still the happiest country in the world 2.8 Most people in the UK now share Robert Owen’s views 2.9 A majority of people think the government does too little2.10 The crises combine: austerity, the cost of living, jobs and paySection 3: Levelling across housingWe will finish what we started3.1 When everyone you know buys art3.2 Short cuts on homelessness3.3 How to solve the housing crisis3.4 Public spending in the UK and Europe3.5 House prices: welcoming a crash3.6 A letter from Helsinki3.7 Liz Truss and autumn 20223.8 Labour and levelling up Section 4: Eugenics and the fear of too many people Eugenics and population control 4.1 The blank slate 4.2 When racism stopped being normal 4.3 About our schools4.4 The birth of Baby Eight Billion4.5 History repeatingSection 5: How austerity undermined our public health Counting the cost of austerity5.1 How austerity caused the NHS crisis5.2 The Brexit vote, declining health and immigration5.3 How many more will be dead by Christmas?5.4 The decimation of the NHS5.5 Falling down the global ranks5.6 Our museum future Section 6: Hope, the elite and changeYesterday, tomorrow – and hope6.1 What would it take to persuade Rishi Sunak to join the Patriotic Millionaires?6.2 Kindness: rigour for British Geographers6.3 The stones of the University of Oxford6.4 Economics and compassion6.5 Finland: how much better life can be6.6 Dyslexia and the problem with prideConclusion: What ten things can we do?

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