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I sat down with @songezomazizi of the @iawjl to discuss How to Fight Inequality. We’ll be sharing the highlights in the thread that will start here. Here’s the intro:

(Here, available for free for everyone, is the beginning part of How to Fight Inequality: https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/cD4AEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT2">https://www.google.com/books/edi...
More clips and links on How to Fight Inequality will come in this thread in the coming days.)

How to Fight Inequality

https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/cD4AEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT2

We know the policy mix to tackle inequality; the challenge is how to get it done.

3 lessons from history for how to fight inequality:

Lesson 1: Be willing to be a trouble-maker.

3 lessons from history for how to fight inequality:

Lesson 2: Build power together - organise.

3 lessons from history for how to fight inequality:

Lesson 3: Build a new story.

And one more lesson from history: crises can be key enabling moments but they are not gifts that fall into our laps, they are opportunities for us - or our opponents - to seize through. #HowToFightInequality

( Here’s one way to buy the paperback, hardback or ebook of How to Fight Inequality from anywhere in the world: https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/How+to+Fight+Inequality%3A+%28and+Why+That+Fight+Needs+You%29-p-9781509543090">https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/How... )

“Bonus tracks”

An interview on How to Fight Inequality with, er, Forbes Magazine (!) https://www.forbes.com/sites/madhukarpai/2021/01/01/people-power-not-powerful-people-can-help-end-inequality/amp/

A">https://www.forbes.com/sites/mad... preview of How to Fight Inequality https://www.globaldashboard.org/2020/09/18/we-cant-rely-on-any-leader-to-pull-us-out-of-the-inequality-crisis-its-up-to-us/

The">https://www.globaldashboard.org/2020/09/1... Evidence-Based Paradox https://politybooks.com/the-evidence-based-paradox/

Social">https://politybooks.com/the-evide... Change podcast interview https://pcdn.global/podcast/e12s8-a-career-fighting-social-inequality-with-ben-phillips/">https://pcdn.global/podcast/e...

People Power, Not Powerful People, Can Help End Inequality

One of the biggest challenges for humanity is not to just recover from the devastating pandemic and the global recession, but also address the serious inequities that the Covid-19 pandemic has...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/madhukarpai/2021/01/01/people-power-not-powerful-people-can-help-end-inequality/amp/

The conclusion of my conversation on How to Fight Inequality with @songezomazizi @iawjl: Inequality is breaking us, but it can be beaten - not by any great leaders rescuing us, but by ourselves together. We are not spectators to this, we are on the field, and organised we can win

Book reviews of
How to Fight Inequality

Sir Richard Jolly for @IDS_UK https://www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/book-review-how-to-fight-inequality/

https://www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/... href="https://twitter.com/kentbuse">@kentbuse for @dailymaverick https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-01-31-book-review-how-to-fight-inequality/

Samira">https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2... Azabar for @LSEReviewBooks https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2021/04/13/book-review-how-to-fight-inequality-and-why-that-fight-needs-you-by-ben-phillips/

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereview... href="https://twitter.com/LivToerres">@LivToerres for @mailandguardian https://mg.co.za/opinion/2020-11-12-fight-inequality-the-south-african-way/">https://mg.co.za/opinion/2...

Book review: How to Fight Inequality - Institute of Development Studies

Sir Richard Jolly has been a pioneer in understanding and addressing inequality throughout his distinguished career at the UN and Institute of Development Studies. In this inspiring review of a major...

https://www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/book-review-how-to-fight-inequality/

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