Kate Pickett
@profkepickett.bsky.social
Social epidemiologist, co-author of 'The Spirit Level' and 'The Inner Level' and co-founder of The Equality Trust www.wilkinsonpickett.com
𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 from across sectors have 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟 to increase national food security and improve our health Read the letter ➔ foodfoundation.org.uk/news/food-in... Will you join our call? #GoodFoodBill
More equal countries are more peaceful open.substack.com/pub/wilkinso...
More equal countries are more peaceful
As a very brief follow-on to our previous post on the anachronism of war in an interdependent world we show the Global Peace Index in relation to economic inequality in OECD countries. More unequal co...
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Why Britain Is Losing a Generation to Inequality open.substack.com/pub/wilkinso...
Why Britain Is Losing a Generation to Inequality
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
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We have a new Substack! substack.com/profile/1232...
Wilkinson & Pickett (@profkepickett)
Welcome to our Substack! We’re launching here because we believe a profound, transformative reset of our world is not only desirable, but entirely possible. The evidence is on our side. For decades,...
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Our new blog is a summary of our new paper in Lancet Planetary Health setting out a roadmap for the wellbeing of people and planet: busfamily.org/roadmap-to-a...
Roadmap to a Future that Values Everyone and Everything - Bus Family
Our new paper, Wellbeing for People and Planet: How to Value Everyone and Everything on a Thriving Planet Beyond 2030, published today in The Lancet Planetary Health argues that many of the world’s mo...
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My letter to the Guardian on why I am hopeful that Andy Burnham will will make better use of experts, experts by experience and evidence, and why we need a new institution to help him do that: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Burnham blueprint for national renewal | Letters
Letter: Andy Burnham has a rare commitment to co-designing policy alongside experts and communities, says Kate Pickett
theguardian.com
A letter I co-signed - we need less of this - it is perfectly possible to create lots of good new jobs AND a more sustainable energy sector and economy: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Progressive economists reject Unite leader’s criticism of Ed Miliband
Sharon Graham is urged to withdraw her claim that the energy secretary would cost jobs if he became chancellor
theguardian.com
Hugely important new report from Thomas Piketty's research group: globaljusticeproject.wid.world
Global Justice Project
globaljusticeproject.wid.world
I'm attending this year's @compassoffice.bsky.social event: 'CHANGE: HOW? Mobilising the Progressive Majority'. Join me and hundreds of other progressives of all parties and none by getting your tickets here: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
CHANGE: NOW! Mobilising the Progressive Majority
We need an organised, strategised, and substantial progressive agenda across parties - and the cooperation to make it happen. That’s why Compass and Progressive Economic Forum are hosting a day of d...
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Please chip in urgently: This UK billionaire made millions exploiting refugees. I'm donating to the movement to stop him. Will you join me? equalitytrust.org.uk/stop-billion...
Stop Billionaires - Equality Trust
Billionaires are out of control. It’s time to stop them. This man made a billion pounds from people fleeing for their lives. You and I can’t outspend him. But together, we can fix the system that made...
equalitytrust.org.uk
TONIGHT! 📅 How do we ensure safety, justice and a sustainable environment for all? 🤔 @profkepickett.bsky.social comes to Sheffield to discuss The Good Society with @simonduffy.bsky.social 6:30pm at Foundry, Sheffield Students' Union. Still some tickets left ⤵️ www.tickettailor.com/events/festi...
Looking forward to this
Festival of Debate 2026@festofdebate.bsky.social · 4mo agoFirst up, we have The Spirit Level author @profkepickett.bsky.social joining us on 6 May with her new book The Good Society, which shows how a fairer, healthier, more caring and sustainable society is entirely within our grasp ⬇️
A short introduction to my new book in an essay published here (I hope it tempts you to read the book!): jech.bmj.com/content/80/5...
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Friends - please share this widely: Armed Conflict or Mutual Survival? www.socialeurope.eu/armed-confli...
Armed Conflict or Mutual Survival?
Militarism and ecological collapse are not separate emergencies — they are the same emergency, feeding each other in a spiral humanity cannot afford to ignore.
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My latest for Social Europe: Extreme Inequality Created the World Jeffrey Epstein Exploited www.socialeurope.eu/extreme-ineq...
Extreme Inequality Created the World Jeffrey Epstein Exploited
The Epstein revelations are symptoms of a deeper crisis: a political economy that rewards extraction over creation and concentrates power in ever fewer hands.
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Exceptionally important new report in the crisis facing progressive politics: www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...
Lifting the Lid on Britain's Pressure Cooker Politics: How Inequality and Neoliberal Capture Broke First Past the Post - Compass
This new paper makes a direct link between the levels of inequality seen in Britain today and our first-past-the-post voting system.
compassonline.org.uk
I've written a blog about my new book and what it has to say about the importance of tackling poverty and inequality for the Poverty Research Action Network: www.pran.org.uk/blog/the-goo...
A Blueprint for a Better World: Why Tackling Inequality is the Key to Ending Poverty — Poverty Research & Advocacy Network
In The Good Society: And How We Make It, Kate Pickett argues that poverty is not an isolated misfortune but the predictable outcome of deep economic inequality, which erodes trust, health, and opportu...
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Great to have an opportunity to discuss how we make The Good Society on BBC Radio4 Woman's Hour today, about 50 minutes in if you're listening on iPlayer.
Great conversation last night on the future of education and how to make a good society with Isabel Berwick (FT), Anne-Marie Canning (UKKRI) and others.
If you're in York or nearby this week, please come and join me on Friday to talk about how we build a good society: www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
The Good Society
Join the University of York, Compass and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on Friday 20 February as we partner for the launch of Professor Kate Pickett’s new book.
york.ac.uk
From my colleague, Professor Martin O'Neill: John Rawls and the High Court Judgement on Palestine Action open.substack.com/pub/martinon...
On John Rawls, and the High Court Judgement on Palestine Action
Civil disobedience, basic liberties and Yvette Cooper's violation of the basic preconditions for a democratic society
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Looking forward to reading the newest book by @humanists.uk patron @profkepickett.bsky.social. A masterclass in how evidence-based policy can address chronic inequality in the UK, I'm sure!
‘I think we feel stuck’: Kate Pickett on how to build a better, fairer, less stressed society
In 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
theguardian.com
Talk of building a good society is often met with the charge of utopianism. But this is wrong, argues @profkepickett.bsky.social of @equalitytrust.bsky.social. The blueprint for a fairer society lies in front of us – but it requires moving away from “trickle-down” economics #LSEInequalitiesBlog
Why my vision of a Good Society is evidence-based, not utopian
We have a choice about the kind of society that we build. A fairer, more prosperous society is possible, but requires moving away from “trickle-down” economics.
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Thank you, Club of Rome, for publishing my blog post today!
Club of Rome@clubofrome.org · 6mo agoIn The Good Society: And How We Make It, Kate Pickett, member of the Club of Rome and the @earth4all.life.life Transformational Economics Commission, argues that inequality is not just an economic issue, but a root cause of our social, health and environmental crises ➡️ vist.ly/4qf9s
Really pleased to be non-fiction Book of the Month in the Independent: www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
What to read this February, including a guide to building a better society
Martin Chilton shares his reading highlights for February
independent.co.uk
It's #ReclaimTheEconomyWeek! Around the world, people are coming together to demand an economy that puts people and planet first - and showing how it's already being done. Sign the petition calling on leaders to redesign our economies to put people and planet at the centre: vist.ly/4p5xr