Spirit Level by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
This week we bring you one of the top ten books of the decade as chosen by the New Statesman. The Spirit Level provides an overwhealming body of evidence that suggests a more equal society benefits both the rich as well as the poor. The book demonstrates a correlation between almost every social problem and economic inequality; from life expectancy to depression levels to violence and illiteracy. Raising the question of why we so often value growth over equality.
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