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Tag Archives: The Spirit Level
What’s the truth about taxing the wealthy? Eleven things you should know.
UPDATE, 18 October 2016. This article has appeared on Al Jazeera: US elections: The rich can’t be trusted with money. The more they have, the more they screw up. I highly recommend it. Introduction One hideous neoliberal party forced to throw … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Scottish Parliament
Tagged 50-pence tax rate, 50p tax rate, Bruce K. Alexander, business, David Erdal, economic growth, Ed Balls, employment, Equality Trust, happiness, inequality, Institute of Directors, job creation, job creators, Labour Party, neo-liberalism, neoliberalism, New Labour, Nick Hanauer, progressive taxation, Richard Layard, Simon Walker, tax, tax avoidance, tax dodging, tax evasion, taxation, The Spirit Level, well-being, wellbeing
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Health policy in an independent Scotland: tackling inequality is key.
On 11 November 2013 I attended a meeting of the Edinburgh branch of the Radical Independence Campaign, addressed by Dr Kate Wrigley. Not just poverty but inequality explains Scotland’s poor health Dr Wrigley got us to come up with a … Continue reading
Dreich, dour and crabbit: does the weather explain Scottish negativity? Climate, posture, mood, empathy, mirror neurons, meditation and education.
This essay was born in meditation One of my New Year’s resolutions was to meditate daily. I simply concentrate on my breathing. Thoughts pop up, and I observe them and let them go. (Here’s an inspiring talk on meditation. Below … Continue reading
Posted in Education, People I know (not directly connected with my writing), Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Amy Cuddy, Arthouse Guardia, awareness, Bella Caledonia, Clare Galloway, consciousness, crabbit, crabbit old bat, Daniel Goleman, dour, dreech, dreich, driech, Eckhart Tolle, education, Gaelic, Gaidhlig, Guardia Sanframondi, income equality, inequality, Italy, Ken Robinson, meditation, mindfulness, mirror neurons, Nicola Morgan, radical independence campaign, radical independence conference, Scotland, Scots language, Scottish cringe, Scottish independence, Social Intelligence, The Equality Trust, The Spirit Level
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BBC must allow the truth a voice: social mobility can only come from greater equality
BBC fails to invite relevant experts to discuss low social mobility I was pleased to hear the UK’s low social mobility discussed on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning, but annoyed that the people involved did not include either … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Andy Wightman, Antonia Swinson, BBC, BBC Radio4, Beyond the Corporation, Dabid Erdal, equality, Equality Trust, ethical banking, inequality, Kate Pickett, Lesley Riddoch, Richard Wilkinson, Rupert Murdoch, social justice, tax havens, The Spirit Level, Today Programme
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Of love, litter, ordure and Occupy (oh, and Bob Dylan’s alleged plagiarism) – Valentine’s Day musing
Infuriated/irritated by Radio 4 I must confess that I am a bit of a Radio 4 addict, although as anyone who has seen my recent postings on the Paul Johnson episode of Desert Islands Discs will know, this doesn’t mean … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Auld Reekie, bankers, banking, BBC, Bob Dylan, Book of the Week, Bruce K. Alexander, Clare Galloway, council estates, dog waste, Edinburgh, exclusion, Frank Sinatra, housing estates, housing schemes, inequality, Kate Pickett, Katherine Trebeck, litter, littering, longevity, Occupy, Occupy Edinburgh, Occupy movement, Occupy Wall St, Occupy Wall Street, poverty, Radio 4, Richard Wilkinson, Robert Zimmerman, telomeres, The Equality Trust, The Globalisation of Addiction, The Globalization of Addiction, The Spirit Level
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