1.1 The beliefs that uphold injustice
1.2 The five faces of social inequality
2 Inequality: the antecedent and outcome of injustice
2.1 The inevitability of change: what we do now that we are rich
2.2 Injustice rising out of the ashes of social evils
2.3 So where do we go from here?
3 ‘Elitism is efficient’: new educational divisions
3.1 The ‘new delinquents’: those most harmed by elitism, a seventh of all children
3.2 IQism: the underlying rationale for the growth of elitism
3.3 Apartheid schooling: from garaging to hot housing
3.4 Putting on a pedestal: superhuman myths
3.5 The 1950s: from ignorance to arrogance
4 ‘Exclusion is necessary’: excluding people from society
4.1 Indebted: those most harmed by exclusion, a sixth of all people
4.2 Geneticism: the theories that exacerbate social exclusion
4.3 Segregation: of community from community
4.4 Escapism: of the rich behind walls
4.5 The 1960s: the turning point from inclusion to exclusion
5 ‘Prejudice is natural’: a wider racism
5.1 Indenture: labour for miserable reward, a fifth of all adults
5.2 Darwinism: thinking that different incentives are needed
5.3 Polarisation: of the economic performance of regions
5.4 Inheritance: the mechanism of prejudice
6 ‘Greed is good’: consumption and waste
6.1 Not part of the programme: just getting by, a quarter of all households
6.2 Economics: the discipline with so much to answer for
6.3 Gulfs: between our lives and our worlds
6.4 Celebrity: celebrated as a model of success
6.5 The 1980s: changing the rules of trade
7 ‘Despair is inevitable’: health and well-being
7.1 Anxiety: made ill through the way we live, a third of all families
7.2 Competition: proposing insecurity as beneficial
7.3 Culture: the international gaps in societal well-being
7.4 Bird-brained thinking: putting profit above caring
7.5 The 1990s: birth of mass medicating