Interview - Richard Wilkinson - Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger

[BellaBargilly]

Thanks for this! Also check out Desteni org for discussions in Equality & Oneness from a practical perspective of living-applications to change the current system of separation and exploitation into a new system of equality as what is Best for All.

[colmtesticles]

great interview.... An interesting point at the end when applied to Japan which has low inequality but a society that is big in to consumerism. Must read the book.

[LMRuane]

I have not seen the book, but, for those regions with high inequality, do the authors investigate the PROCESS by which that inequality came about? Seems like if the inequality is due to the higher-income people producing what others want, that's a lot different from inequality due to the political process (taxpayers being forced to bail out banks or auto companies that are "too big to fail" for example).

[TZMEarth]

I saw him in Zeitgeist: Moving Forward =D

[NearAbbeyRoad]

This is excellent!

[redresonant]

Good work! And I'm rather deflated that what is so patently obvious needs such in-depth 'proof'. As if this hasn't been crystal clear for hundreds of years! We humans are pretty slow on the macro uptake. Maybe we won't make it.

[streetstaruk]

this makes perfect sense to me. the way the world is run today is obviously not working, so to support it or agree with it u must be rich, or atleast comfortably not to care. getting rid of this necessity to have so much pointless material goods in your life is a must to have a better world. :)

[Mike10four]

Equality is tyranny! Jefferson's "created equal" phrase applies only to fertilization. After fertilization the result is a unique Individual living in a relativistic universe where equality is only an abstract concept. Education in: virtue, Individual Rights of "Life Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness," free market, and free republic is vital to any Civil Society reconciling the differences of humanity. Many ideologies tried equality and failed, such as Marxism, etc.

[Paalfaal]

@Mike10four

Marxism didnt fail because of their equality-atribute. Mr. Wilkinson is only pointing out that inequality contributes to some of the dysfunctions we see in our society. If we want to survive on this planet we have to find the sustainable, and hence "correct" values.

I am sorry to say it; we are simply in a primitive state of human evolution at this point. We must concentrate on the future, not the past. All the known ideologies today will become obsolete when our planet is destroyed

[fatmaggi]

@Mike10four Free Market Lies. Free Market Lies. Free Market Lies.

[SzlampStudios]

@Mike10four Well, that's funny because Marxism was never tried. Soviet Russia, before you go there, wasn't Marxist.

[dontblockmedk]

The only way to have sustainable prosperity is to eliminate property and all forms of differential advantage.

We must create sustainable ABUNDANCE of consumables (like food, water, energy) and universal ACCESS to everything else (like transportation, information, etc.)

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[IconOfSin88]

Finland is a crappy country to live in with the current government. I'm surprised we're so high on the list.

[dreamcastII]

@IconOfSin88 specifically what does the government of Finland get wrong ?

[articlewiki]

@IconOfSin88 what are you comparing this with, it only appears ''crappy'' if you moved to the UK or US and stayed for a long while you'd soon realise Finland was great :-)

[The34gl3]

@IconOfSin88 Even the more equal countries have been lately assaulted by the neo-liberal ideologies.

[angeloswire]

Heaven on Earth.

LOVE. LIGHT. LIFE. :-)

[johnlepo]

It's a fantastic book. Well worth reading. One of the most important book in the field of economic science.