February 11, 2010
Why Wealth Inequalities Lead to Social Problems
The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies
Stronger
by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
Social ills such as mental disorders, violence, poor health, and
teenage pregnancy are more likely to occur in nations with deep
income inequality, an analysis of 30 years of data from sources
such as the World Bank, the World Health Organization, and the
United Nations finds.
The authors of the study, both British public-health
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