Danny Dorling

English social geographer; 1971 Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford (the Halford Mackinder chair until 2025); author of books on inequality including Injustice (2010) and Shattered Nation (2023).

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Rail privatisation in Britain, like many 1980s privatisations, failed.

When it comes to rail, as with so many of the other privatisations of the 1980s, the experiment failed.

dannydorling.orgSaid 27 Oct 2026This on korrents
Trump's tariffs are in effect a huge consumer tax on US citizens.

The tariffs that Trump has introduced are, in effect, a huge consumer tax on US citizens, making them pay far more for basic goods and some services than they used to.

dannydorling.orgSaid 27 Aug 2026This on korrents

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27 October

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From one piece Nationalisation back on the table 4 beliefs · dannydorling.org

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Nationalisation is back as a serious option in Britain.

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Nationalisation is back as a serious option. A reversal of 1980s thinking is underway.

Nationalisation back on the tabledannydorling.org
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Private providers of utilities are too tempted to keep raising prices and cutting costs.

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The temptation for private providers to try to raise prices and lower their costs continuously is just too great, especially where there is currently the least regulation.

Nationalisation back on the tabledannydorling.org
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People in Britain would get better services by paying the government more and private providers less.

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If people pay the government more, and private providers less, they can receive better services.

Nationalisation back on the tabledannydorling.org

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Rail privatisation in Britain, like many 1980s privatisations, failed.

Their words

When it comes to rail, as with so many of the other privatisations of the 1980s, the experiment failed.

Nationalisation back on the tabledannydorling.org

27 August

Danny DorlingKorrents 27 Aug

From one piece Make Stuff Cost Less 2 beliefs · dannydorling.org

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Without public intervention to make living costs fall, most people's only alternative is voting for billionaire-backed false promises.

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If we don’t use the public sector and public intervention to make them cost less, the only alternative on the table for most people is to vote for the false promises of those backed by billioniares, on the grounds that anything is better than this.

Make Stuff Cost Lessdannydorling.org
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Trump's tariffs are in effect a huge consumer tax on US citizens.

tariffs

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The tariffs that Trump has introduced are, in effect, a huge consumer tax on US citizens, making them pay far more for basic goods and some services than they used to.

Make Stuff Cost Lessdannydorling.org

6 August

Danny DorlingKorrents 6 Aug

From one piece Take a Moment to Feel the Pain of the Rich 2 beliefs · dannydorling.org

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The idea that extraordinary talent deserves extraordinary compensation is a threadbare myth justifying inequality.

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The idea that extraordinary talent deserves extraordinary compensation is our modern-day justification for an increasingly thread-bare myth about inequality.

Take a Moment to Feel the Pain of the Richdannydorling.org
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No one makes the equivalent of a billion dollars alone.

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Under any reasonable definition of the word “made,” no-one “makes” the equivalent of a billion dollars alone. No one ever has.

Take a Moment to Feel the Pain of the Richdannydorling.org

11 May 2018

Danny DorlingRecommends 11 May 2018

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On Roads

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You’ve got to know Britain, otherwise it’s a bit meaningless, but if I had to recommend just one of these books, I’d say please read Joe Moran’s On Roads.

fivebooks.com
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The Northern Clemency

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This is the affluent side of Sheffield, so in The Northern Clemency it’s the part of Sheffield where the man who is keeping the power station running during the miners’ strike lives.

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26 June 2016

Danny DorlingRecommends 26 Jun 2016

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The Selfish Capitalist

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The book which I have chosen, The Selfish Capitalist, is a compilation of all the academic evidence behind it; Affluenza itself is mostly a series of interviews done with people all around the world.

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Super Rich

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Super Rich is trying to illustrate how strange life is in such an unequal society.

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Stuffed and Starved

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Stuffed and Starved considers international inequality rather than how inequality is manifest amongst the billion richest, as in the other books.

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Beliefs

Korrents What they believe 8 beliefs — each backed by an exact quote.
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- Rail privatisation in Britain, like many 1980s privatisations, failed.
  
  When it comes to rail, as with so many of the other privatisations of the 1980s, the experiment failed.
  
  Nationalisation back on the table Said 27 Oct 2026
  
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- People in Britain would get better services by paying the government more and private providers less.
  
  If people pay the government more, and private providers less, they can receive better services.
  
  Nationalisation back on the table Said 27 Oct 2026
  
  Full record — everyone who holds this →
  
  government
- Private providers of utilities are too tempted to keep raising prices and cutting costs.
  
  The temptation for private providers to try to raise prices and lower their costs continuously is just too great, especially where there is currently the least regulation.
  
  Nationalisation back on the table Said 27 Oct 2026
  
  Full record — everyone who holds this →
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Nationalisation is back as a serious option in Britain.

Nationalisation is back as a serious option. A reversal of 1980s thinking is underway.

Nationalisation back on the table Said 27 Oct 2026

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Trump's tariffs are in effect a huge consumer tax on US citizens.

The tariffs that Trump has introduced are, in effect, a huge consumer tax on US citizens, making them pay far more for basic goods and some services than they used to.

Make Stuff Cost Less Said 27 Aug 2026

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tariffs

Without public intervention to make living costs fall, most people's only alternative is voting for billionaire-backed false promises.

If we don’t use the public sector and public intervention to make them cost less, the only alternative on the table for most people is to vote for the false promises of those backed by billioniares, on the grounds that anything is better than this.

Make Stuff Cost Less Said 27 Aug 2026

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No one makes the equivalent of a billion dollars alone.

Under any reasonable definition of the word “made,” no-one “makes” the equivalent of a billion dollars alone. No one ever has.

Take a Moment to Feel the Pain of the Rich Said 6 Aug 2026

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The idea that extraordinary talent deserves extraordinary compensation is a threadbare myth justifying inequality.

The idea that extraordinary talent deserves extraordinary compensation is our modern-day justification for an increasingly thread-bare myth about inequality.

Take a Moment to Feel the Pain of the Rich Said 6 Aug 2026

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- Recommends The Northern Clemency 11 May 2018
  
  This is the affluent side of Sheffield, so in The Northern Clemency it’s the part of Sheffield where the man who is keeping the power station running during the miners’ strike lives.
  
  fivebooks.com 11 May 2018
  
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- Recommends On Roads 11 May 2018
  
  You’ve got to know Britain, otherwise it’s a bit meaningless, but if I had to recommend just one of these books, I’d say please read Joe Moran’s On Roads.
  
  fivebooks.com 11 May 2018
  
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- Recommends Stuffed and Starved 26 Jun 2016
  
  Stuffed and Starved considers international inequality rather than how inequality is manifest amongst the billion richest, as in the other books.
  
  fivebooks.com 26 Jun 2016
  
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Recommends Super Rich 26 Jun 2016

Super Rich is trying to illustrate how strange life is in such an unequal society.

fivebooks.com 26 Jun 2016

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Recommends The Selfish Capitalist 26 Jun 2016

The book which I have chosen, The Selfish Capitalist, is a compilation of all the academic evidence behind it; Affluenza itself is mostly a series of interviews done with people all around the world.

fivebooks.com 26 Jun 2016

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Site dannydorling.org Articles, talks and papers on inequality

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