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Carregando... The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger (original: 2010; edição: 2009)de Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. In jahrzehntelanger Forschung haben die beiden Wissenschaftler Richard Wilkinson und Kate Pickettempirische Daten gesammelt und ausgewertet, anhand derer sie den Einfluss der Ungleichheit auf eine Vielzahl der drängendsten sozialen Probleme entwickelter Gesellschaften untersuchen. Die geistige Gesundheit oder der Drogenkonsum der Mitglieder einer Gesellschaft, Lebenserwartung, Gesundheit, Übergewicht, Bildung, die Geburtenrate bei Minderjährigen, die Verbrechensrate und nicht zuletzt die soziale Mobilität: All diese Phänomene hängen statistisch eindeutig davon ab, wie ungleich die Einkommens- und somit Chancenverteilung einer Gesellschaft ist. Ab einem gewissen Einkommensniveau, das etwa auf der Höhe dessen von – ausgerechnet – Kuba liegt, ist es eben nicht mehr die Höhe des Durchschnittseinkommens, die es den Menschen immer bessergehen lässt, sondern die Verteilung des Einkommens. (Amazon) Esta resenha foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Resenhistas do LibraryThing. This book systematically attacks (with graphs and interspersed humor) the exacerbation of every modern day social issue through its connection to income inequality. Although in the decade plus between its release and the present day the United States has not meaningfully improved the social situations within the book, the book remains a meaningful answer guide to our ongoing “empire in decay” situation.good ideas, poor execution. the constant use of graphs with the same (unexplained) fuzzy axes indicated either a lack of the authors' understanding of statistics, or the assumption that readers would have no understanding. the authors actually state at one point that they did no data cleansing, and used the raw data "as-is", as if they saw this to be a good thing (any statistician or scientist worth their name will tell you that all data requires cleansing before analysis!) Still, there are some very intriguing thoughts here, including the weight of evidence showing that equal societies are healthier-by all standards-and for all citizens-not just the poorest. the conclusion lets it down again,with a rose-tinted assumption that everything is made better by employee ownership of companies. while this would probably help, I was far from convinced that this would be the silver bullet as proposed by the authors. overall, great food for thought, but feel far short of life-changing. Acheter la dernière édition française car, dans cet article (https://www.scienceshumaines.com/pourquoi-l-egalite-est-meilleure-pour-tous_fr_31727.html) on peut lire "Face à cette avalanche, les deux épidémiologistes ont pris la peine de réfuter point par point ces critiques, et ont ajouté des arguments en faveur de l'égalité amenés par d'autres travaux que les leurs. Tout cela figure utilement dans la traduction française."
This cultural context goes some way to explaining the stir caused by “The Spirit Level” since its publication last year. The book’s authors, Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, seek to show that “more equal societies almost always do better”. ... The debate is proving useful by exposing flaws in thinking on both the left and the right, and among voters generally. The argument of this fascinating and deeply provoking book is easy to summarise: among rich countries, the more unequal ones do worse according to almost every quality of life indicator you can imagine. They do worse even if they are richer overall ... The evidence that Wilkinson and Pickett supply to make their case is overwhelming. This is a book with a big idea, big enough to change political thinking, and bigger than its authors at first intended. ... They say modestly that since dependable statistics both on health and on income distribution are internationally available, it was only a matter of time before someone put the two together. All the same, they are the first to have done so. ... With the evidence they have supplied, politicians now have a chance to “do genuine good”. Anyone who believes that society is the result of what we do, rather than who we are, should read these books; they should start with The Spirit Level because of its inarguable battery of evidence, and because its conclusion is simple: we do better when we're equal.
This eye-opening UK bestseller shows how one single factor--the gap between its richest and poorest members--can determine the health and well-being of a society. The authors also outline a new political outlook in which a shift from self-interested consumerism to a friendlier, more sustainable society is paramount. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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