{"id":277,"date":"2022-09-04T11:45:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T08:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/?page_id=277"},"modified":"2024-09-08T00:25:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T21:25:54","slug":"how-economic-inequality-harms-societies-richard-wilkinson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/?page_id=277","title":{"rendered":"How economic inequality harms societies | Richard Wilkinson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Richard Wilkinson, public health researcher. July 2011 (16:54).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/How-economic-inequality-harms-societies-\uff5c-Richard-Wilkinson.mp4\"><strong>download<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How economic inequality harms societies | Richard Wilkinson\" width=\"629\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cZ7LzE3u7Bw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">I. Pre-watching task. <\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Working in pairs brainstorm the questions:<br>How can the well-being of a society be measured? What does it depend on?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">II. For questions a-f decide whether the statements are true or false<\/mark><\/strong> (if false, explain why):<br>a) According to Richard Wilkinson life expectancy, health and social problems in developed market democracies correlate with gross national income per capita.<br>b) Unlike in the developed countries well-being of societies in poorer states is still dependent on national income and economic growth.<br>c) The researchers carried out the surveys in both rich developed countries and poorer countries.<br>d) The presentation shows the connection between income inequality within<br>societies and levels of trust, violence, child wellbeing and academic<br>performance.<br>e) Greater equality is especially important for the most disadvantaged<br>groups, but is also relevant to those at the top.<br>f) Richard Wilkinson does not consider it particularly important how the more equal countries achieved their status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">III. Identify the topic and the thesis of the talk<\/mark><\/strong> given by Richard Wilkinson, public health researcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">IV. Expand on the following:<\/mark><\/strong><br>What solution does the author see to the inequality problem?<br>There seems to be some truth in John Donne&#8217;s \u201dNo man is an island.&#187;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">V. Give the gist\/summary of the talk.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Wilkinson, public health researcher. July 2011 (16:54). download I. Pre-watching task. Working in pairs brainstorm the questions:How can the well-being of a society be measured? What does it depend on? II. For questions a-f decide whether the statements are true or false (if false, explain why):a) According to Richard Wilkinson life expectancy, health and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_regular_price":[],"currency_symbol":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-277","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_slider_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","post_slider_layout_landscape_large":"","post_slider_layout_portrait_large":"","post_slider_layout_square_large":"","post_slider_layout_landscape":"","post_slider_layout_portrait":"","post_slider_layout_square":"","full":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2265,"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/277\/revisions\/2265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kaf1.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}