Nobody's Talking About the Silver Bullet That Could Heal the Economy and Cure Most Social Ills

Fairer societies simply work better.

The core message is that the countries that distribute their incomes the most equally have the longest life expectancy and the highest quality of life.

The same is true for states within the U.S.; the more income equality, the longer the life span. Unfortunately, the United States is now the most unequal of the wealthy countries, with the exception of Singapore. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 3, 2009 - 10:50 PM PDT
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by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 3, 2009

The story puts together data and a number of charts that show the income disparities. To get the full exposition of the data and idea, the book he references would probably be needed. OK for a short presentation.

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