The Spirit Level : Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger (Hardcover)

from petrolpetal

I loved reading this book because it confirmed for me much of what I had suspected, and suggested that my views were supported by the data. In reading the reviews here though, I fear I may have been too uncritical, and I intend to reread the book with a mind on the comments below.

from LynleyS

I can't fault the premise of this book - that the most equal societies are the best for everyone at all levels of society. I'd already come to this conclusion after reading a whole bunch of feminist stuff, in which I have seen that societies in which women have the most power just happen to be th...

from 8bitmore

The Spirit Level comes highly recommended from yours truly. The book draws up the efforts of decade long research that has gone into collecting evidence which shows that: equality is -the one- axis in society upon which all other major ones rest. To say it the blunt way; no matter how well of the...

from Janientrelac

The most dramatic information in this book is how badly the US does (and Portugal) among the developed nations by any rating, infant deaths to life expectancy, etc. but that is not new. What is interesting is how this effects the rich, rich people would actually be better off in a more egalitaria...

from tonysomerset

This is a must read book for everyone hence the rating. I would like to unreservedly recommend it but I cannot. It is a hard read, I kept having to put the book down because my head was hurting too much from all the blows. To say it is evangelical would be an understatement. The authors have thei...