- Imprint: Vintage
- ISBN: 9781529957495
- Length: 400 pages
- Price: £12.99
Martin Chilton, Independent, Non-fiction Book of the Month****Thought-provoking, erudite . . . contains a vital positive message: we can move towards a fairer, healthier, more compassionate and sustainable society . . . Pickett . . . shines a light for hope
Aida Edemariam, GuardianIn her new book, the co-author of The Spirit Level gathers jaw-dropping facts about the inequality crisis in the UK – and explores creative ways to address it . . . There was a moment when reading Kate Pickett’s new book that I realised I was underlining something on nearly every page . . . there is nothing small about Pickett’s proposals . . . a clear blueprint for the UK
Financial TimesDaringly optimistic . . . It is valuable to remind people of the building blocks of a good society: decent healthcare, education and treatment of the less well-off
Jonathan Portes, GuardianThe Good Society has lots of ideas . . . a whistle-stop tour of the greatest hits of progressive social policy, from Finnish schools to Norwegian prisons . . . [the] section on Universal Basic Income . . . represents a serious and substantive proposal for tackling both inequality and injustice
Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut EconomicsPacked with vision, hope and a practical plan – just what these times are crying out for
Polly Morland, author of A Fortunate WomanAn electrifying book: audacious in its range, blistering in its analysis and yet warm and immensely readable
Daniel Chandler, author of Free and EqualGenuinely transformative, grounded in rigorous evidence and focused on what really matters. A powerful and deeply humane vision
Andy BurnhamAn uplifting vision for solving inequality that benefits everyone
Zack PolanskiPoverty and inequality are at the heart of all our problems. Kate Pickett's book shows through a consistent frame of care and compassion how tackling them must be at the heart of our solutions too
Sammy Wright, author of Exam NationThis is what we need. A clear roadmap that makes the case for how things can be better in achievable and realistic ways
About Kate Pickett
Kate Pickett is Professor of Epidemiology at the University of York, where she leads the Public Health and Society Research Group.
Her landmark book The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone, co-written with Richard Wilkinson, was an international bestseller, chosen by the Guardian as one of the 100 most influential books of the century and by the New Statesman as a top ten book of the decade. Their follow-up, The Inner Level, shows how societal inequality has similarly profound effects on individual health and wellbeing.
Her writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the Guardian, Nature and New York Times, and she has delivered more than 500 keynote speeches, including at the United Nations, the European Parliament and within UK government departments.
Kate is the co-founder of the Equality Trust, an academic co-director of Health Equity North, and a fellow of the RSA, the UK Faculty of Public Health and the Academy of Social Sciences. In 2023, she received an OBE for services to societal equality.
Learn moreHer landmark book The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone, co-written with Richard Wilkinson, was an international bestseller, chosen by the Guardian as one of the 100 most influential books of the century and by the New Statesman as a top ten book of the decade. Their follow-up, The Inner Level, shows how societal inequality has similarly profound effects on individual health and wellbeing.
Her writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the Guardian, Nature and New York Times, and she has delivered more than 500 keynote speeches, including at the United Nations, the European Parliament and within UK government departments.
Kate is the co-founder of the Equality Trust, an academic co-director of Health Equity North, and a fellow of the RSA, the UK Faculty of Public Health and the Academy of Social Sciences. In 2023, she received an OBE for services to societal equality.
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