{"product_id":"spirit-level-2","title":"Spirit Level","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett''s \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone\u003c\/i\u003e is the most influential and talked-about book on society in the last decade - now updated with a new chapter on the controversy the book has ignited.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Why do we mistrust people more in the UK than in Japan? Why do Americans have higher rates of teenage pregnancy than the French? What makes the Swedish thinner than the Australians? The answer: inequality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  This groundbreaking book, based on years of research, provides hard evidence to show: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow 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\u003cbr\u003eThat societies with a bigger gap between rich and poor are bad for everyone in them - including the well-off \u003cbr\u003eHow we can find positive solutions and move towards a happier, fairer future\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Urgent, provocative and genuinely uplifting, \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit Level\u003c\/i\u003e has been heralded as providing a new way of thinking about ourselves and our communities, and could change the way you see the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''A big idea, big enough to change political thinking'' - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''A remarkable new book ... the implications are profound'' - Will Hutton, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''The evidence is hard to dispute'' - \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Wilkinson\u003c\/b\u003e studied economic history at the London School of Economics before training in epidemiology and is Professor Emeritus at the University of Nottingham Medical School and Honorary Professor at University College London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Pickett\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of Epidemiology at the University of York and a National Institute for Health Research Career Scientist. Her work with Richard Wilkinson on \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit Level\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for Research Project of the Year 2009 by the Times Higher Education Supplement, and their book was chosen as one of the Top Ten Books of the Decade by the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319352795518,"sku":"NW9780241954294","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241954294.jpg?v=1778247817","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/spirit-level-2","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}