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The conclusion of the book, based on years of rigorous research data, was that inequality is bad: it’s bad for your health, bad for the economy, bad for society and bad for the environment. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Their groundbreaking book provides hard evidence to show:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>How almost everything – including mental and physical health, crime and drug use, educational performance, prison numbers, obesity, teenage pregnancy and child well being – is affected not by how wealthy a society is but how equal it is. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>That inequality in society leads to increases in debt and economic instability. The financial crashes of 1929 and 2008 happened at the two peaks of inequality, with about 1.5 trillion dollars a year being siphoned from the bottom 90% of the US population to the top 10% in the run up to the 2008 crash. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>That the most important factors in narrowing inequality are trade union membership and collective bargaining <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>In 2010 The Spirit Level was re-printed with a new chapter rebutting the criticisms made of the book by right wing bodies such as The Tax Payers’ Alliance, The Democracy Institute and the Policy Exchange. In today’s economic climate, it is essential trade union members have the facts, the graphs and the arguments available to show that cuts are not the answer. Economic stability, social wellbeing and environmental survival depend on equality...........and trade unions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#C00000'>FREE but spaces limited. Entry restricted to those registered. Contact Treena at <a href="mailto:office@ier.org.uk"><span style='color:#C00000'>office@ier.org.uk</span></a> to reserve your place<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=1295 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:971.0pt;background:#CCCCCC;padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>Carolyn Jones, Director, Institute of Employment Rights, 4<sup>th</sup> Floor, Jack Jones House, 1 Islington, Liverpool L3 8EG. 0151 207 5265.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:7.5pt;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image003.gif@01CBD9B2.A9775FD0"><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<br>Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.12/2235 - Release Date: 07/13/09 05:56:00</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>