Codex Perductum

Income Inequality vs Social Well-being

From naked capitalism

"If you look at broader indicators of social well being, you see the same finding: greater income inequality is associated with worse outcomes. From a presentation by Kate Pickett, Senior lecturer at the University of York and author of The Spirit Level, at the INET conference in April

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Umm... This presentation deck is unreal. If this data is sound, it is extremely provocative. Here are some snapshots.

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I call BS on slide 1. Japan, the country responsible for 90% of the weird things humanity has created, has the lowest rate of mental illness?

I bet it has a lot to do with how willing the people of each culture will go to a psychologist and how willing the psychologist is to diagnose the patient with something.

Posted by: George at June 17, 2010 4:47 PM

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