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   Dec 22, 2009 · This groundbreaking book, based on years of research, provides hard evidence to show how almost everything—-from life expectancy to depression levels, violence to illiteracy-—is affected not by how wealthy a society is, but how equal it is.

   • 4.1/5 (6.8K)

   • Format: Hardcover

2. www.amazon.co.uk › Spirit-Level-Equality-BetterThe Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone ...

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   Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett's The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone is the most influential and talked-about book on society in the last decade - now updated with a new chapter on the controversy the book has ignited. Why do we mistrust people more in the UK than in Japan?

   • 4.6/5 (1.3K)

   • Author: Kate Pickett, Richard Wilkinson

3. www.bookbrowse.com › reviews › indexSummary and Reviews of The Spirit Level by Kate Pickett

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   Dec 22, 2009 · History, Current Affairs and Religion. Summary and Reviews of The Spirit Level by Kate Pickett, an excerpt, and author biography of Kate Pickett, Richard Wilkinson.

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   • Reviewer: Jo Perry

   • Author: Kate Pickett, Richard Wilkinson

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   The Spirit Level is, for the most part, a straightforward empirical tract documenting this two-way relationship between how unequal a country is and the frequency of “bad” outcomes within that country (such as overeating, teen pregnancy, and drug abuse).

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   The book received generally positive reviews from critics. On The Omnivore, in aggregation of British critic reviews, the book received a score of 4 out of 5. [16] John Kay in The Financial Times said that "the evidence presented in the book is mostly a series of scatter diagrams, with a regression line drawn through them.

   • Author: Richard G. Wilkinson, Kate E. Pickett

   • Publish Year: 2009

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   “Spirit Level is an incredible book. It provides the evidence that inequality is bad for us all including the best-off. “ Read more... The best books on Inequality. Danny Dorling, Social Scientist

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   Is the spirit level a good book?

   • Her work, with Richard Wilkinson, on The Spirit Level was shortlisted for Research Project of the Year 2009 by the Times Higher Education Supplement, and their book was chosen as one of the Top Ten Books of the Decade, by the New Statesman. Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.

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   • Urgent, provocative and genuinely uplifting, The Spirit Level has been heralded as providing a new way of thinking about ourselves and our communities, and could change the way you see the world. 352 pages, Hardcover First published December 22, 2009

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   Is the spirit level the closest we get?

   • If The Spirit Level isn’t quite pitch-perfect, it may nonetheless be the closest we get. David B. Grusky is professor of sociology and director of the Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality. He is the coauthor or editor of many books as well as coeditor of the center’s new magazine Pathways.

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   • The great achievement of The Spirit Level is documenting that this inequality-induced anxiety has so many bad effects. It makes humans feel stressed and deprived and more likely to get depressed, smoke, overeat, or engage in violent behavior.

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   May 3, 2011 · The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger. Paperback – May 3, 2011. Groundbreaking analysis showing that greater economic equality-not greater wealth-is the mark of the most successful societies, and offering new ways to achieve it.