From The Guardian: “Now Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, the authors ofĀ The Spirit Level, have returned with a new book,Ā The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyoneās Wellbeing.
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The new book, as the subtitle suggests, focuses on the psychological or mental costs of inequality, which, they argue, are many and varied. The basic premise is that inequality creates greater social competition and divisions, which in turn foster increased social anxiety and higher stress, and thus greater incidence of mental illness, dissatisfaction and resentment. And that leads to coping strategies ā drugs, alcohol, and addictive behaviours like shopping and gambling ā which themselves generate further stress and anxiety.”
