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28/07/2012 GMT

Should reducing inequality be our top priority? Mary Robinson chairs a special discussion with a Nobel prize-winning biologist, a novelist and a historian, at the RSA in London.

We present a special edition of The Forum hosted by former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson. Do we have a moral responsibility to reduce inequality for the next generation? Is there a danger that by striving for equality between the sexes we鈥檙e actually ignoring real differences between men and women? And is the idea of a world without extremes of inequality a utopian fantasy?

The first in a special series of Forum episodes where eminent thinkers lead discussions about the most pressing challenges of the age. This week former President of Ireland Mary Robinson chairs a discussion about a subject close to her heart: Inequality. Joining her in front of a lively audience at the RSA in London are Nobel prize-winning biologist John Sulston, Lawrence Goldman, Fellow in Modern History at the University of Oxford and Bangladeshi novelist Tahmima Anam.

Illustration by Emily Kasriel: equality or inequality - between rich and poor; men and women.

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41 minutes

Last on

Sun 29 Jul 2012 15:05GMT

Chapters

  • Part 1

    Part 1

    Duration: 23:00

  • Part 2

    Part 2

    Duration: 17:30

Broadcasts

  • Sat 28 Jul 2012 22:05GMT
  • Sun 29 Jul 2012 01:05GMT
  • Sun 29 Jul 2012 15:05GMT

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