The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone's Well-Being

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"Why are people more relaxed and at ease with one another in some countries than others? Why do we worry so much about what others think? Why is the American dream more of a reality in Denmark than the USA? The answer to all these questions is inequality, and it affects how we think, fell, and behave as individuals. In The inner level, Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett set out the overwhelming evidence that material inequities have powerful psychological effects. Status differences lead to fragile egos, insecurity, increased anxiety, depression, and addiction. Drawing together many of the most urgent problems facing individuals today, this book shows that societies based on fundamental equalities, sharing, and reciprocity generate much higher levels of well-being, and it lays out the path towards them"--Page 4 of cover