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The Spirit Level by Kate Pickett, Richard Wilkinson

The Spirit Level

Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better

by Kate Pickett, Richard Wilkinson
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  • Dec 22, 2009, 352 pages
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  • Apr 2011, 352 pages
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