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Interview :: Labor

VIDEO: The Spirit Level: Equality and the Good Life

Rightwing pundits jumped on Obama for saying we do better when we share. These two British researchers show the correlation of inequality and level of trust, murder- and imprisonment rates, mental illness and life expectancy. John Kenneth Galbraith decried the public squalor existing alongside private opulence. Will the crisis lead us to a balance of public & private?
to watch the BookTV discussion from March 21, 2010, click on
www.booktv.org/Watch/11197/The+Spirit+Level+Why+Greater+Equality+Makes+Societies+Stronger.aspx
 
 

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