Acknowledgments Authors Chapter 1: Social inequality: Myths and facts - Naomi Ellemers 1.1 Rawls' veil of ignorance Gwen Van Eijk and Sabine Roeser 1.2 Common roots Richard Wilkinson 1.3 Moral reasoning: For better or worse Frank Hindriks 1.4 Mainstream economics is not value-neutral Irene Van Staveren 1.5 Convincing people to change their moral behavior Naomi Ellemers and Félice Van Nunspeet 1.6 Identity threats and the stability of social hierarchies Daan Scheepers 1.7 Morality and unjust inequality Neelke Doorn and Pauline Kleingeld Chapter 2: Education and work - Jojanneke van der Toorn 2.1 Pay differences Irene Van Staveren 2.2 Myth of equal opportunities Gwen Van Eijk 2.3 Equal opportunities in markets is dynamic Irene Van Staveren 2.4 Early childhood interventions Kate Pickett 2.5 Group-based stereotypes restrict opportunities of individuals Belle Derks 2.6 Gendered preferences: A matter of nature and nurture Sabine Roeser Chapter 3: Health - Félice Van Nunspeet 3.1 Lifestyle drift Kate Pickett 3.2 The responsibility paradox Frank Hindriks 3.3 The social gradient in health Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson 3.4 From social stigma to health Belle Derks and Daan Scheepers 3.5 Benefits of social inclusion Naomi Ellemers 3.6 Group-density effect Kate Pickett and Madeleine Power Chapter 4: Migration - Daan Scheepers 4.1 The birthright lottery Joseph Heath 4.2 Motivations to justify inequality Jojanneke Van der Toorn 4.3 Inequality, migration and moral duties Pauline Kleingeld 4.4 Social identity Naomi Ellemers Chapter 5: Climate change - Belle Derks 5.1 Climate justice Neelke Doorn 5.2 Drawbacks of carbon emission rights trading Servaas Storm 5.3 Carbon responsibility Servaas Storm 5.4 Environmental Justice, emotions and motivation Sabine Roeser ` Statistics Figure 1: GPD per capita and wellbeing Figure 2: Inequality and social problems Figure 3: Relative likelihood of unemployment Figure 4: Equality vs. Equity Figure 5: Inequality and health outcomes Figure 6: Net migration Figure 7: Explaining attitudes towards migration Figure 8: Inequality in climate change References and further reading