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15 September 2016

1:00 PM

15 September 2016

1:00 PM

Beware socialists in white coats

Sir Michael Marmot, whom the ABC chose to deliver the 2016 Boyer lectures, is the perfect man for the job. He is a socialist. But more than that, he is a socialist in a white coat, which makes him more dangerous than a garden-variety socialist. He is obsessed with inequality, and has discovered after a lifetime of observation, that the poor are sicker than the rich.

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15 September 2016

1:00 PM

15 September 2016

1:00 PM

Beware socialists in white coats

Sir Michael Marmot, whom the ABC chose to deliver the 2016 Boyer lectures, is the perfect man for the job. He is a socialist. But more than that, he is a socialist in a white coat, which makes him more dangerous than a garden-variety socialist. He is obsessed with inequality, and has discovered after a lifetime of observation, that the poor are sicker than the rich.

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