Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Richard G. Wilkinson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British author Richard G. Wilkinson.
Last updated on October 8, 2024.
Richard G. Wilkinson

Richard Gerald Wilkinson is a British social epidemiologist, author, advocate, and left-wing political activist. He is Professor Emeritus of Social Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham, having retired in 2008. He is also Honorary Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London and Visiting Professor at University of York. In 2009, Richard co-founded The Equality Trust. Richard was awarded a 2013 Silver Rose Award from Solidar for championing equality and the 2014 Charles Cully Memorial Medal by the Irish Cancer Society.

... class differences in health represent a double injustice: life is short where its quality is poor.
Instead of exposures to toxic materials and mechanical dangers, we are discovering the toxicity of social circumstances and patterns of social organization.
In its broadest ecological context, economic development is the development of more intensive ways of exploiting the natural environment. — © Richard G. Wilkinson
In its broadest ecological context, economic development is the development of more intensive ways of exploiting the natural environment.
If Americans want to live the American dream, they should go to Denmark.
The average well-being of our societies is not dependent any longer on national income and economic growth. ... But the differences between us and where we are in relation to each other now matter very much.
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