How inequality hurts everybody - Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett, The Spirit Level.

Published: March 30, 2019, 6:11 a.m.

As the college admissions scandal emphasizes once again the gulf between the wealthy and the rest of us, and the deficit skyrockets due to Trump\u2019s GOP tax cuts for the rich and corporations, here\u2019s my January 2010 conversation with Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett about their groundbreaking book, The Spirit Level. Based on 30 years of research, it makes clear that the more unequal a society is, the worse it is for everybody \u2013 rich and poor alike.