TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilkinson, Richard.
TI  - The spirit level: why greater equality makes societies stronger
SN  - 9781608190362
U1  - 306.01WIL 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Bloomsbury Press
KW  - Equality, Income Distribution Social mobility Quality of life Social policy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - Why do we mistrust people more in the UK than the Japanese do? Why do Americans have higher rates of teenage pregnancy than the French? What makes the Swedish thinner than the Australians? The in each case:inequality. This groundbreaking book, based on years of research, provides hard evidence to show: How almost everything-from life expectancy to mental illness, violence to illiteracy-is affected not by how wealthy a society is, but how equal it is That societies with a bigger gap between rich and poor are bad for everyone in them-including the well-off How we can find positive solutions and move towards a happier, fairer future
ER  -