The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better – Revisited Lecture

  • Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
  • USA

In their influential and award-winning 2009 book The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone, Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson argue that societies with the biggest gaps between the rich and the rest are bad for everyone, including those who are most well off. They contend that everything from life expectancy, mental illness and obesity to violence and illiteracy is affected not by the wealth of a society, but its level of equality and propose solutions to move towards a future that is both fairer and happier. In this session from the Policy Institute and the Fairness Foundation, we revisited The Spirit Level and its lasting impact on how we think about inequality. (Also read book)

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