Shattering nations, Scotland vs England and inequality: Danny Dorling at Edinburgh's Topping Books

From naked Oxford academics, roundabouts and how to cut children's cycling deaths, to Scotland's remarkable good news story, namely what may have been the biggest reduction in child poverty anywhere in Europe since 1989: Danny Dorling discusses his new book Shattered Nation: Inequality and the Geography of A Failing State (Verso), the UK, inequality and more at Topping Books in Edinburgh.
Why is the UK in danger of becoming a failing state? Dorling provides copious sobering examples. In England, he says, "We now have figures on hunger that we haven't seen since the 1930s, and we've been building up to this since the 1990s. The average heights of our children are now falling. That takes quite some doing. That's actually quite hard to achieve."
In a Q&A session following his 30-minute talk, Professor Dorling covers everything from the unexpected increase in the number of "Nordic countries" in Europe - can there really be 15 of them now? - and why we have far too many podcasts made by white men chortling with satisfaction about their role in creating austerity.
This is an audio-only recording made on 7 December 2023.
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