The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger

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It is a well-established fact that in wealthy societies the poor have shorter lives and suffer more from almost each social problem. The Spirit Level, based on thirty years of research, takes this truth a step further. One common factor links the healthiest and happiest societies: the degree of equality among their members. Further, more unequal societies are bad for everyone within them-the wealthy and middle class in addition to the poor.

The remarkable data assembled in The Spirit Level exposes stark differences, not only a number of the nations of the first world but even within The usa’s fifty states. Almost each up to date social problem-poor health, violence, lack of community life, teen pregnancy, mental illness-is much more likely to occur in a less-equal society.

Renowned researchers Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett lay bare the contradictions between material success and social failure in the developed world. But they don’t merely let us know what’s mistaken. They offer a way toward a new political outlook, shifting from self-interested consumerism to a friendlier, more sustainable society.


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