A couple of particularly conflicting views which caught my attention:
Last night's 'News Quiz' quoted Lord Griffiths, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs, as saying (in defence of the bonus payments to be paid to staff) :
"Inequality is a way of achieving greater prosperity for all"
Contrast this with the conclusion reached by one of the author's of the book:
"The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better"
The Authors of the book, Richard Wilkinson, a professor of medical epidemiology at Nottingham University, and Kate Pickett, a lecturer in epidemiology at York University, were recently interviewed on BBC Radio's regular Sociology slot, 'Thinking Aloud'.
The Interviewer wound up the first part of the programme's interviews by addressing Dr Pickett and asking:
So, “The primary attack of any political party which wants to do something about the long list of social problems that you itemize is really to do something fundamental about the gross disparities between the top and the bottom in terms of income and wealth” To which Ms Pickett simply replied, "Yes"
Listen here
For the a more 'local' viewpoint try, "Blether with Brian", "The word on the street"
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