Spirit Level

Why Equality is Better for Everyone

by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, published in hardback by Penguin in March 2009 and paperback in February 2010.

"Great inequality is the scourge of modern societies. We provide the evidence on each of eleven different health and social problems: physical health, mental health, drug abuse, education, imprisonment, obesity, social mobility, trust and community life, violence, teenage births, and child well-being. For all eleven of these health and social problems, outcomes are very substantially worse in more unequal societies."

More information is available on the website www.equalitytrust.org.uk

and the book is available from Amazon

Spirit Level is introduced in  a somewhat light hearted way here ...