The Good Society

Thought-provoking, erudite . . . contains a vital positive message: we can move towards a fairer, healthier, more compassionate and sustainable society . . . Pickett . . . shines a light for hope -- Martin Chilton * Independent, Non-fiction Book of the Month**** *
In her new book, the co-author of The Spirit Level gathers jaw-dropping facts about the inequality crisis in the UK – and explores creative ways to address it . . . There was a moment when reading Kate Pickett’s new book that I realised I was underlining something on nearly every page . . . there is nothing small about Pickett’s proposals . . . a clear blueprint for the UK -- Aida Edemariam * Guardian *
Daringly optimistic . . . It is valuable to remind people of the building blocks of a good society: decent healthcare, education and treatment of the less well-off * Financial Times *
The Good Society has lots of ideas . . . a whistle-stop tour of the greatest hits of progressive social policy, from Finnish schools to Norwegian prisons . . . [the] section on Universal Basic Income . . . represents a serious and substantive proposal for tackling both inequality and injustice -- Jonathan Portes * Guardian *
Packed with vision, hope and a practical plan – just what these times are crying out for -- Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics
An electrifying book: audacious in its range, blistering in its analysis and yet warm and immensely readable -- Polly Morland, author of A Fortunate Woman
Genuinely transformative, grounded in rigorous evidence and focused on what really matters. A powerful and deeply humane vision -- Daniel Chandler, author of Free and Equal
An uplifting vision for solving inequality that benefits everyone -- Andy Burnham
Poverty and inequality are at the heart of all our problems. Kate Pickett's book shows through a consistent frame of care and compassion how tackling them must be at the heart of our solutions too -- Zack Polanski
This is what we need. A clear roadmap that makes the case for how things can be better in achievable and realistic ways -- Sammy Wright, author of Exam Nation
Grounded in practical, tried-and-tested solutions from across the world, The Good Society offers real hope that the problems we face are not insurmountable -- Jonathan Aldred, author of License To Be Bad
Optimistic and realistic - a brilliant personal account of what a lifetime of world-leading research on health and well-being shows us is possible -- Danny Dorling, author of The Next Crisis
Building on a long, distinguished career as a researcher on the links between ill-health and inequalities, Kate Pickett has brought the threads together in an elegant call for a Good Society -- Guy Standing, author of The Politics of Time
Kate Pickett brings much needed intellect, expertise, experience and empathy to the urgent challenges now facing our society -- Melissa Benn
The country desperately needs a new lodestar of hope. The Good Society is the book we have been waiting for -- Neal Lawson, Director of Compass