This linked article here is a summary of the talks given at the 'Inequality: Causes and Consequences' conference organised by the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies on 19 June 2014. Click on each speaker to access a pdf copy of their presentation slides: Associate Professror Susan St John (0) (Child Poverty Action Group/Auckland University)...

From leaky buildings to financial crashes, from mining disasters to deep water oil spills and from poor patient care to financial misselling, regulation can fail to prevent disasters arising from the risks it is meant to manage. Although each disaster is unique in many respects, analysis of the regulatory failings that contributed to those disasters...

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