In this 45 minute YouTube video, Peter Saunders takes a look at the statistics and claims of the book The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better.
Peter is an Emeritus Professor (Sociology) at the University of Sussex and a Honorary Senior Fellow with the Centre for Independent Studies. In his critique he doesn't actually tackle the question of what role inequality plays in society. Instead he looks at the scientific claims in the book and in doing so he demonstrates that the book has both fundamental flaws in its scientific analysis and the linking of its claims to the core arguments in the book.
If you haven't read The Spirit Level yet then save yourself some time and watch this video instead. Once you've seen this, you'll realise that there's no point in reading the book.
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