Danny Dorling, Richard Wilkinson and Rupa Huq: ‘A Better Politics’

In this event recorded in 2016, Danny Dorling, Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford, returned to the Bookshop to talk about his book A Better Politics: How Government Can Make Us Happier (London Publishing Partnership). Dorling's book looks at the evidence for a successful politics that would promote happiness and health and suggests policies that take account of this evidence. Dorling was in conversation with Rupa Huq, Labour MP for Ealing Central and Acton, and Richard Wilkinson, co-author of The Spirit Level.

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