This chapter discusses equality, resilience and sustainability. This is undertaken in relation to their interlinkages, in the light of the Covid-19 syndrome; it also makes proposals for the creation of more equal economies. The chapter considers class, gender and also racial inequalities in...

1. The radical potential of human rights -- 2. The human rights framework and economic policy -- 3. What does inequality have to do with human rights? -- 4. A human rights approach to government spending and taxation -- 5. Mobilizing resources to realize rights : debt, aid, and monetary policy...

There is now widespread recognition of the need to integrate macroeconomic policy and social policy, but the mainstream approach is one of adding on social policy. We argue for a transformatory approach which would mainstream gender-equitable social policy within macroeconomic policy. We...