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The Index is a record of prices of the lowest-cost staple foods over time, to demonstrate the disproportionate impact of inflation (and supermarket pricing practices) on the poor. The Pratchett Estate – and Rhianna Pratchett particularly – have wholeheartedly endorsed this use of Vimes’ name. | The Index is a record of prices of the lowest-cost staple foods over time, to demonstrate the disproportionate impact of inflation (and supermarket pricing practices) on the poor. The Pratchett Estate – and Rhianna Pratchett particularly – have wholeheartedly endorsed this use of Vimes’ name. | ||
The Index has so far been mostly spread via Twitter, where you can find Jack as [https://twitter.com/BootstrapCook @BootstrapCook], and uses the hashtag #VimesBootsIndex. | The Index has so far been mostly spread via Twitter, where you can find Jack as [https://twitter.com/BootstrapCook @BootstrapCook], and uses the hashtag #VimesBootsIndex. As of 11/01/2023, there appears to be no evidence of The Index actually existing. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Revision as of 08:23, 11 January 2023
The Vimes Boots Index (or Vimes Boots Poverty Index) is an initiative created in January 2022 by UK equality and anti-poverty campaigner Jack Monroe. It is named after the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness, as featured in Men at Arms.
The Index is a record of prices of the lowest-cost staple foods over time, to demonstrate the disproportionate impact of inflation (and supermarket pricing practices) on the poor. The Pratchett Estate – and Rhianna Pratchett particularly – have wholeheartedly endorsed this use of Vimes’ name.
The Index has so far been mostly spread via Twitter, where you can find Jack as @BootstrapCook, and uses the hashtag #VimesBootsIndex. As of 11/01/2023, there appears to be no evidence of The Index actually existing.
External links
- Terry Pratchett estate backs Jack Monroe’s idea for ‘Vimes Boots’ poverty index – The Guardian
- Your best ally against injustice? Terry Pratchett by Marc Burrows - New Statesman
- Bonus Episode: The Vimes Boots Index from The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret (see Podcasts)