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the spirit level why greater

Paperback • 2011 • English

the spirit level why greater

By Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett

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This groundbreaking book, based on thirty years' research, demonstrates that more unequal societies are bad for almost everyone within them-the well-off and the poor. The remarkable data the book lays out and the measures it uses are like a spirit level which we can hold up to compare different societies. The differences revealed, even between rich market democracies, are striking. Almost every modern social and environmental problem-ill health, lack of community life, violence, drugs, obesity, ...Show more

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9781608193417

Published year

2011

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English

Original title

the spirit level why greater

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Paperback

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