Health and health inequalities tell us a great deal about the good or bad effects of social policies.

For every dollar spent on early child development you save $7 over the life course because children with better early child development are less likely to end up delinquent, involved in crime, unemployed and so on.

I came from a warm Jewish family.

I'm not an Orthodox Jew, I don't practise much in the way of Jewish religion, but I am very Jewish and I think it probably does indeed influence what I do.

There's good evidence that if people are disempowered, if they have little control over their lives, if they're socially isolated or unable to participate fully in society, then there are biological effects.

Once you get off the ladder you'll never get back on.

Health inequalities and the social determinants of health are not a footnote to the determinants of health. They are the main issue.