The problem with healthy life expectancy
A crude blend of very different statistics is not the best tool for the job
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Power flows less from size or wealth than from the ability to convert imbalance into leverage
Unequal Britain can’t work out what to do about it
Regional disparities in health, wealth and education are a blight on our economy and society
There is method in the market’s madness
But it relies on a host of rosy assumptions going in investors’ favour
Why we should embrace human complexity
Sometimes we forget to acknowledge our multiple identities