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Material Inequality in Britain

Please join us for this fascinating presentation where I will be appearing as a guest speaker:


Material Inequality in Britain

Based on

“The Spirit Level:

why more equal societies almost always do better”

by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett

Martin Wilkinson (Richard's brother) will give a presentation on the book and lead a discussion on equality, both in terms of the Quaker Testimony to Equality and more generally on how we in Britain should respond to the message of the book. (Rupert Read will then offer a short philosophical, political and Quakerly response.)

Saturday 25th June, 2-5pm

at

Friends Meeting House,

Upper Goat Lane,

NORWICH, NR2 1EW

All welcome – entry free

For further details contact Teresa Belton 01603 465851, teresa.belton@ntlworld.com

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