A review by bub_9
The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone by Kate E. Pickett, Richard G. Wilkinson
4.0
I think the authors' argument is well-argued and genuinely insightful. It's well-written and, for books about this subject-matter, refreshingly down-to-earth and pragmatic.
I do think that it occasionally presents too much data without interrogating it sufficiently (e.g. what proves that causality between inequality and mobility is one way and not the other?), and I do take issue with several of the data points presented in Chapter 4 - why don't they take the chance to establish any correlation (or lack thereof) between income and contribution to foreign aid?
But anyway, people should read this.
I do think that it occasionally presents too much data without interrogating it sufficiently (e.g. what proves that causality between inequality and mobility is one way and not the other?), and I do take issue with several of the data points presented in Chapter 4 - why don't they take the chance to establish any correlation (or lack thereof) between income and contribution to foreign aid?
But anyway, people should read this.