# Inequality in the UK

- Institution: Gresham College
- Taught by: Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Dr Lade Smith CBE, Dr Mike Brewer, Professor Guy Standing
- Year: 2024
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Economics, Psychology and the brain, Society and politics, Philosophy
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/inequality-uk)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Reducing health inequalities is a matter of social justice. Strategies must address the social gradient in health, and efforts should extend beyond healthcare to address the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age. This lecture argues economic circumstances, while important, are not the sole drivers of health inequalities, and closing the health gap will take evidence-based action across the whole of society.

## Lectures

1. [The Health Gap: Achieving Social Justice in Public Health](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-inequality-uk/e0dcab8a9ee2) (Audio)
2. [How Inequality Affects Mental Health](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-inequality-uk/8dc4a6b4f8b7) (Audio)
3. [The UK’s Generational Wealth Gap](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-inequality-uk/8c5fa71efa03) (Audio)
4. [The Case for Basic Income](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-inequality-uk/45007f43a643) (Audio)