Daniel Dorling is one of the researchers who has shown that the idea that we are ‘sleepwalking into segregation’ because ethnic minorities are becoming more concentrated in British cities like Bradford is wrong – in fact, the reverse is happening.  Where we are becoming more segregated is between rich and poor.  Affluent people are voting…

A pub quiz that asks you to name the world’s richest country seems too easy.  The obvious answer – ‘the USA’ – is also the right one.  It has an average income of more than $40,000 per head.  But does this mean that the American dream has come true?  What about if the question asked…