The Spirit Level: Next steps

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Added on 27th May 2013

Ill-health, mental illness, violence, drug abuse - all these things are worse in more unequal societies. And they're not just worse for the very poor - they're worse for everybody, except possibly the superrich. There's a general social dysfunction related to inequality, and our politicians are just ignoring it.

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