Among developed countries, the United States comes out near the top for violence, drug use, obesity, mental illness, teenage pregnancy and illiteracy. The cause is not poverty, argue Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson in their book, The Spirit Level. It's inequality. Read an interview in The Boston Globe.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
We're number 1!
Among developed countries, the United States comes out near the top for violence, drug use, obesity, mental illness, teenage pregnancy and illiteracy. The cause is not poverty, argue Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson in their book, The Spirit Level. It's inequality. Read an interview in The Boston Globe.
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