Wed 1.06.10| Well-Being and Inequality

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Wilkinson & Pickett, The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger Bloomsbury Press, 2009

The Equality Trust

Prevention Institute

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Some nations' populations do better than others. They are, on average, healthier, and they live happier lives. Why is this? Is it because some countries are richer, or because their residents have higher living standards? In a new book, Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett show that higher levels of health and social problems occur in societies with greater income inequality.

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