Opinion: These 5 charts show inequality is bad for your health — even if you are rich
“Living in highly unequal economies like the United States is clearly awful for the poorest in society, but new research suggests it also damages the health and well-being of even the wealthiest among us. British epidemiologists Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson made a splash in social scientific circles nearly a decade back with ‘Spirit Level,’ a book exploring the many ways in which general welfare and trust declines in deeply unequal settings.”