The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for EveryoneWhy do we mistrust people more in the UK than in Japan? Why do Americans have higher rates of teenage pregnancy than the French? What makes the Swedish thinner than the Greeks? The answer- inequality. This groundbreaking book, based on years of research, provides hard evidence to show- - How almost everything - from life expectancy to depression levels, violence to illiteracy - is affected not by how wealthy a society is, but how equal it is Urgent, provocative and genuinely uplifting, The Spirit Level has been heralded as providing a new way of thinking about ourselves and our communities, and could change the way you see the world. |
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User Review - aitastaes - LibraryThingRichard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett's The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone is the most influential and talked-about book on society in the last decade - now updated with a new chapter ... Read full review
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User Review - EmreSevinc - LibraryThingThe evidence and argumentation is strong in this one. The core idea is simple and powerful, it reveals itself in many aspects of many different societies with very different institutional systems. The ... Read full review
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The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone Kate Pickett,Richard Wilkinson No preview available - 2010 |
The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone Richard Wilkinson,Kate Pickett No preview available - 2010 |