ISIS Report 28/07/14SiS ReviewEquality is Good for You########################RG Wilkinson and KE Pickett. The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better forEveryone. Penguin Books. Pp 349 £9.99. ISBN 978-0-141-03236-8.Prof Peter Saunders: Money doesn’t buy you happiness but equality might. It seems obvious that the way to improve the lot of most people in a …
@IISDRS Summary of #WMF 2014 now available
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Catalyzing the Connection Economy By Gregory Wendt, CFP, March 2013
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The Globalist Daily Magazine
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May Day Statement–Governments must act for a sustainable and equitable recovery
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