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VIDEO: The Spirit Level-Equality and the Good LifeAnonyme, Mercredi, Mars 24, 2010 - 16:03
Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson
Rightwing pundits jumped on candidate Obama for saying we do better when we share. These two British researchers show the correlation of inequality and level of trust, murder rates, imprisonment rates and mental illness. John Kenneth Galbraith decried the public squalor existing alongside private opulence. Will the crisis lead us to a balance of public and private? "The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger" by Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson to hear the BookTV discussion from March 21, 2010, click on What Makes the Healthiest and Happiest Societies? Hint: It's Not Wealth Interview with epidemologist Richard Wilkinson explains why it's equality, not high income, that makes a society thrive. link to www.alternet.org Want the Good Life? Your Neighbors Need It, Too by Brooke Jarvis in Yes Magazine Mar 4, 2010 link to www.yesmagazine.org
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