Poverty - Britain's huge gap
WORKERS, MAY 2007 ISSUE
Britain has the third biggest gap between the haves and the have-nots among the 24 OECD countries, according to a study in the Journal of Public Health. The USA has the biggest. We have the second highest child death rate; the USA has the highest.
The others in the bottom six are New Zealand, Australia, Ireland and Canada. All follow the "Anglo-Saxon" model of unfettered free markets.
Researchers from Dundee University point out the very strong association between income inequality and under-five mortality among the wealthier OECD countries. "Within this group the highest child mortality figures are to be found in those 'Anglo-American' countries which attracted criticism in 1993 in a Unicef study on child neglect."