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The Spirit Level and its Critics
“THE SPIRIT LEVEL” AND ITS CRITICS Extremes of financial inequality, their possible sources and their potential dangers, have lately become the focus of an increasing number of books and articles. This has been particularly true since the western financial … Continue reading
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Tagged Beware False Prophets (book), inequality (financial), inequality (measures of), inequality (social/educational), Kate Pickett, Peter Saunders, Policy Exchange (U.K.), Richard Wilkinson, significance (statistical), Statistics (Inferential), The Spirit Level (book), theories (exceptions and counter-examples to)
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Wilkinson & Pickett (2009) The Spirit Level
A Synopsis of the book: The Spirit Level (2009) by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett INEQUALITY: THE PRIME SUSPECT … Continue reading
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Tagged health (physical), health (societal), inequality (financial), inequality (measures of), inequality (social/educational), Kate Picket, political economy (evidence based), Richard Wilkinson, social comparisons of self with others, social stratification, The Spirit Level (book), trust (social), wealth (extremes of)
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