If we defend inequality in marriage though not in the rest of society, we are guilty of gross hypocrisy, writes JP Floru.

The startling statistics fanning the flames of the inequality debate

History shows a clear link from inequality to instability. The main outcome of the post-1980 experiment has been an economy that is both much more polarised and much more fragile and prone to crisis, and the two most damaging recessions of the last century were both preceded by sharp rises in inequality.

One might (perhaps) expect that less wealthy areas of England would have a higher proportion of children identified as having Special Educational Needs (SEN). Not so, according to this graph on page 103 of the NHS Atlas of Variation in Healthcare (November 2011 edition): Using a measure called Indices of Multiple Deprivation and correlating it with the proportion of primary age children with a SEN...

We face the same challenge today – to develop a morally acceptable form of capitalism. As Keynes feared might happen, much business is now seen as no more than profiteering. Many people object to the bonus culture of the banking system because they don’t believe those bonuses are earned. We have also learned that inequality

Bankrupt Britain could have been a fascinating snapshot of the UK today if only its authors’ prejudices hadn’t got in the way.

“Wealth inequality is very much greater than income inequality, and widening,” Clegg said. “The bottom third of households hold just 3% of the nation’s wealth. The top third hold three-quarters of it. This inequality of wealth then cascades down the generations, potentially widening the opportunity gap.” The specific piece that isn’t is this: The bottom

Having written about income inequality in the UK earlier in the week, here is an international perspective: www.globalrichlist.com, which lets you put your own income into a global perspective. Ready your decimal places and tap away…

It is becoming harder and harder to believe in a strategy to reduce inequality or relative poverty that does not involve redistribution. I have severe doubts that structural reforms, which affect the causes of inequality and injustice, are often better at reducing inequality itself.

This week the OECD published its latest analysis of inequality in the UK, including (another) graph in which 1997 is not a turning point but rather this time 2005: With inequality having been rising since 2005 there is so far not enough data in their set to show if the current government is doing much