by Snoop Doug » Sat Jun 23, 2012 2:55 pm
[quote="Amy"]I have heard (but can't find where it came from) that people are the happiest where there is not such a wide gap between the top and the bottom of society.
There's a book called 'The Spirit Level - Why Equality is Better for Everyone' which provides hugely detailed research into this Amy. The book provides evidence to support that almost everything, from life expectancy to mental illness, violence to illiteracy, is affected not by how wealthy a society is, but how equal it is.
It's a heavy read - I tent to dip in and out to get pointers for my work here and there.