Resources

The debate about inequality and equality is only just beginning:

Get involved with it by checking out the links below:

www.equalitytrust.org.uk - The organisation set up by the authors of the Spirit Level to spread its messages and create momentum behing a political movement for change.

Policy Exchange Think Tank Critique- A right-wing think tank has produced a report questioning the motives and data behind the book The Spirit Level

The Author’s response- The authors of the book have responded to these critiques

Debate at the RSA-  The Royal Society of Arts has got all of them together to debate the findings on Thursday 22nd July 2010 at 1pm. You can book online, and it will be streamed live here

New Economics Foundation article on the debate at the RSA.

There’s much more out there on this important topic! Setting a google alert for “The Spirit Level” demonstrates this- the blogosphere is going mad about it.

(The key for us is to explore some of the issues in the book in the context of Sweden, rather than get too bogged down in a detailed statistical arguments about regression (though these are important things for people to discuss!) )