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The Spirit Level
Richard Wilkinson、Kate Pickett · 初版 2009 年
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为什么值得读
- 用详实跨国与跨州对比将不平等辩论引入实证
- 论证不平等比单纯贫困对社会造成更大损害
- 指出贫富差距严重恶化了心理健康与各项指标
众所周知，在富裕社会中，穷人的健康状况更差，且受几乎所有社会问题的折磨更为严重。本书解释了为何不平等是当今社会面临的最严重问题。
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The Spirit Level
Richard Wilkinson、Kate Pickett · 初版 2009 年
众所周知，在富裕社会中，穷人的健康状况更差，且受几乎所有社会问题的折磨更为严重。本书解释了为何不平等是当今社会面临的最严重问题。
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格雷厄姆遗漏了一件关键的事：一个更平等的社会才是一个更好的社会。无论何时皆是如此。Wilkinson 和 Pickett 在他们的著作《The Spirit Level》（平等的灵药）中证实了这一点。你的技术可能没那么多，你的创新可能没那么快。那又怎样。以牺牲同胞为代价，去创造更多 Earl Dunovant 所说的“针对能量和物质的可爱又实用的小把戏”……
Graham leaves out one crucial thing: A more equal society is a better society. Always. This was borne out in the work of Wilkinson and Pickett for their book The Spirit Level. You may have less technology. You may have less innovation. Tough. Creating more of what Earl Dunovant called "cute and useful monkey tricks with energy and matter" at the expense of your fellow man…
……应该关注的核心指标，而不是不平等。不对，不平等才是根本问题所在。贫困带来的危害根本无法与之相提并论。这本书是该领域的必读之作：http://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Level-Equality-Societies-Strong... 作者使用了两组试验场：一组是全球各国的横向对比，另一组是美国各州之间的对比。通过这些对比，他们证明了在总体财富保持恒定的情况下，……
…metric that should be focused on, not inequality No. Inequality is the problem. Poverty has nowhere near the same damaging effect. This book is essential reading on the topic: http://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Level-Equality-Societies-Strong... The authors use two test-beds: a comparison of countries around the world and a comparison of states within the US. With these, they show that with overall wealth held constant,…
去看看 Richard Wilkinson 等人写的《The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger》（平等的灵药）吧。
Check out The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger by Richard Wilkinson et al.
……是教育的结果（比如营养），抑或是收入的结果（比如心理疾病），但所有这些问题都被我们教育体制所造成的不平等严重加剧了。如果你感兴趣，《The Spirit Level》（http://www.amazon.com/The-Spirit-Level-Equality-Societies/dp...）和《Ill Fares the Land》（http://www.amazon.com/Ill-Fares-Land-Tony-Judt/dp/0143118765...）都对此展开了极其精彩的探讨。
…is a consequence of education (for instance, nutrition) or income (mental illness) but all of those are seriously worsened by inequality resulting from our education system. If you're interested, The Spirit Level (http://www.amazon.com/The-Spirit-Level-Equality-Societies/dp...) and Ill Fares the Land (http://www.amazon.com/Ill-Fares-Land-Tony-Judt/dp/0143118765...) both contain great discussions of this.
Richard Wilkinson 的《The Spirit Level》一书也有类似的观察，他指出了收入不平等与诸多健康及社会指标恶化之间的联系。而且它切实将关于政治不平等的争论推进到了一个更科学的领域……
There's a similar observation at the book the spirit level,by richard wilkinson who show the link between income inequality and bad results in numerous health and social attributes. And it really moves the political inequality debate to a more scientific field…
adventured：你在这里漏掉了一点，那就是让其他人享受到免费教育和医疗，对你本身也是有好处的。有大量证据支持这一点，Wilkinson 和 Pickett 在《The Spirit Level》等书中对此做了令人拍案叫绝的总结。
adventured: what you're missing here is that having other people get free education and healthcare is a benefit to you. Lots of evidence to support that, delightfully summarized in "The Spirit Level" by Wilkinson and Pickett, among others.