{"product_id":"the-spirit-level-why-equality-is-better-for-everyone-new","title":"The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRichard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhy 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis groundbreaking book, based on years of research, provides hard evidence to show:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThat societies with a bigger gap between rich and poor are bad for everyone in them - including the well-off\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHow we can find positive solutions and move towards a happier, fairer future\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUrgent, provocative and genuinely uplifting, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Spirit Level\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Book Bubble\/Old School Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44241763959020,"sku":"","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/8930\/2764\/files\/TSL-RWKP-01.jpg?v=1758121852","url":"https:\/\/bookbubble.co.uk\/products\/the-spirit-level-why-equality-is-better-for-everyone-new","provider":"Book Bubble\/Old School Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}