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How economic inequality harms societies | Richard Wilkinson

How economic inequality harms societies | Richard Wilkinson

How economic inequality harms societies | Richard Wilkinson

TED Talks Society and Culture · Richard Wilkinson

October 24, 201116m 34s

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We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart: real effects on health, lifespan, even such basic values as trust.

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