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British epidemiologists R. Wilkinson & K. Pickett have demonstrated (see a summary of their work here: https://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/spirit-level) that everyone benefits from a more equal society - even the rich!
They demonstrate this based on statistical evidence (the correlation between equality and better performance exists), and on biological mechanisms (the causal relationship goes from equality to better quality of life and not the other way round).
Life in an INequal society generates stress, because everyone is everyone else's enemy. This permanent stress causes the release of hormon serotonin, which generates aggressive behaviours, deteriorates health (by causing inflamation) and hinders mental performance.
The priority target of a progressive public policy should therefore be to foster equality.

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The Spirit Level | The Equality Trust
The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone was published in 2009. Written by Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson, the book highlights the "pernicious effects that inequality has on societies: eroding trust, increasing anxiety and illness, (and) encouraging excessive consumption"....

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