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The Science Is In: Greater Equality Makes Societies Healthier
What matters is where we stand in relation to others in our own society.
Evonomics,
2017
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Countries with low levels of income inequality have lower infant and maternal mortality rates, lower rates of depression, and a more educated public, compared to those with a huge gap between the rich and the poor. So says this eye-opening article by professors Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett. Their research finds that the United States fares poorly – relative to other advanced nations – on standard measures of human welfare such as health, education and social cohesion. While always politically neutral, getAbstract recommends this brief article on the links between wealth disparities and well-being to anyone interested in the broad impacts of severe income inequity within countries.
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Richard Wilkinson is professor emeritus of social epidemiology at the University of Nottingham. Kate Pickett is a professor of epidemiology at the University of York.
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