Danny Dorling

1 month ago | lse.ac.uk | Danny Dorling |Danny Sriskandarajah |Kitty Stewart |Polly Toynbee

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1 month ago | foreignaffairs.com | Danny Dorling |Andrew Moravcsik

Not since the Great Depression has inequality in the United Kingdom been as high as it is today. In this regard, the country more closely resembles the United States than its European neighbors. No one has been hit harder than the young; the United Kingdom has the most steeply rising level of child poverty of all developed countries. This disturbing book, inspired by the famous television series Seven Up!, follows seven British children born in 2018.

Nov 7, 2024 | foodlog.nl | Danny Dorling

Lees ook Verandering in kinderarmoede, 2012-2014 tot 2019-2021 UNICEF Innocenti—Global Office of Research and Foresight (2023) ‘Innocenti Report Card 18: Child poverty in the midst of wealth’, CC BY-NC-ND Bovenstaande grafiek laat hoopvolle cijfers zien. In grote delen van Oost-Europa is kinderarmoede in 7 jaar tijd met een kwart tot een derde gedaald. Maar de grafiek laat ook zien dat kinderarmoede in het VK juist is toegenomen. Het armste vijfde deel van de huishoudens in het VK is armer...

Oct 26, 2024 | jacobin.com | Danny Dorling

Introducing a new word into the English language is no easy task. A colleague of mine claims that a medical paper he coauthored years ago was the original source for the phrase “vanilla sex,” originally referring to sex unlikely to result in much calorie-reducing physical exercise.

Oct 1, 2024 | literaryreview.co.uk | Danny Dorling |Sammy Wright

In the run-up to the 2019 election, an extremely irate man appeared on Question Time attacking Labour’s plans to increase taxes on those who, like him, earned over £80,000 – in other words, the top 5 per cent of earners. He accused them of lying, claiming he was ‘nowhere near in the top 5 per cent … I’m not even in the top 50 per cent.’He was, of course, wrong and much mocked on social media. But his mistake is extremely common – and understandable.