The Spirit Level

Greater Equality = Greater Democracy

Harlan Green | Posted 03.19.2012

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Harlan Green

The evidence now shows the necessity for greater income equality if we want greater peace and prosperity within our own country, as well as a shared peace and prosperity with other countries.

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Tax Loophole Users, Companies with Negative Tax Rates, Exacerbating US Income Inequality

Michael Shank | Posted 01.16.2012

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Michael Shank

The fact that companies are paying no taxes when America's working families are still struggling to winter what Fed Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke continues to recognize as a failed or failing recovery is a prime example of what is exacerbating income inequality in America.

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Wall Street Protesters Have a Point: Inequality

Nigel Barber | Posted 12.20.2011

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Nigel Barber

Occupy Wall Street protesters may have a diffuse agenda for change but they are upset about the same problem -- unequal distribution of income that is dragging our society down.

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'The Spirit Level': Why The American Service Sector Is All About Servitude

Kate Pickett | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kate Pickett

During all my adult years living in the USA, I had enjoyed American service, without linking it to servitude. But why do we need to be served so deferentially?

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