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http://www.colorado.edu/IBS/PEC/gadconf/papers/shin.html

Income inequality, democracy and health: a global portrait, by Michael E. Shin. “Determining whether or not and to what extent democracy tempers or fortifies this association between income inequality and health is the primary objective of this research.” Stimulating stuff.

http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/condition-working-class/

The Condition of the Working Class in England, by Frederick Engels. A bit of historical perspective is always useful — the full text of the original 1845 document.

http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/consultations_and_legislation/wanless/consult_wanless04_final.cfm

Securing Good Health for the Whole Population. The second Wanless report. You’ll find the Treasury web site more interesting than you might have expected.

http://www.number-10.gov.uk

The 10 Downing Street website (we must be even handed) is ambitious. It includes a lot of video, especially in the health section, so be warned — it demands decent technology to run.