http://www.gizmag.com March 3, 2009 In rich societies, poorer people have shorter lives and suffer more from almost every social problem. Likewise, large inequalities of income are often regarded as divisive and corrosive. Now, in a groundbreaking book, UK-based researchers go beyond either of these ideas to demonstrate that more unequal societies are bad for almost everyone within them — the well-off as well as the poor. The authors forcefully demonstrate that nearly every modern social and environmental problem — ill-health, lack of community, life, violence, drugs, obesity, mental illness, long working hours, big prison populations — is more likely to occur in a less equal society, and adversely affects all of those within it.en gizmag.com http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-97756 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-97756 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:31:27 -0600 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-8833 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-8833 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:55:46 -0500 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1669 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1669 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:20:15 -0500 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1300 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1300 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:47:34 -0600 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1261 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1261 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:49:31 -0600 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1255 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1255 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:39:31 -0600 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1249 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1249 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:45:34 -0600 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1246 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1246 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:33:15 -0600 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1243 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1243 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:02:02 -0600 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1240 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1240 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:06:57 -0600 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1234 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1234 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:18:43 -0600 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1231 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1231 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:18:05 -0600 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1225 http://www.gizmag.com/equitable-societies-are-better-for-everyone/11135/#comment-1225 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:37:31 -0600