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Myths about Inequality

Jim Riley

10th May 2010

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I missed this a couple of weeks ago, but its worth checking out and it shows that you don’t have to be called ‘sociologist’ to do sociology. Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed a couple of weeks ago featured geographer Danny Dorling of the University of Sheffield arguing that inequality in the rich world is perpetuated by five ingrained beliefs: elitism is efficient; exclusion is necessary; prejudice is natural; greed is good; despair is inevitable. His social research argues that those beliefs are nothing more than myths. More revision materials on the way soon.

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Jim Riley

Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.

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