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The spirit level : why greater equality makes societies stronger
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The strong version of Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett's argument in The Spirit Level implies that President Obama's fight to reform health care was pointless as discussed by the authors, and that extending the availability of health insurance cannot substantially improve Americans’ health.Abstract:
The strong version of Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett’s argument in The Spirit Level implies that President Obama’s fight to reform health care was pointless. Extending the availability of health insurance cannot substantially improve Americans’ health. Instead, the president would make us all happier, healthier, and longer-lived, their logic suggests, if he could get the richest, say, 5 percent of Americans to leave the country.read more
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Corporate responsibility for less income inequality
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore corporate responsibility for less income inequality within the boundaries of the organization and with regard to society at large, and propose a minimal income standard that can be implemented by companies.
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Against the odds: success and collaboration in safeguarding children
TL;DR: In a context where there is an overriding concern to avoid failure, success can be found, but in multiple, coexisting forms that vary for different participants as mentioned in this paper, such as organisational improvements, personal gains and resiliencies, symbolic achievements, as well as perceived benefits for children and parents.
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Ethical Behavior and Regional Environments: The Effects of Culture, Values, and Trust
TL;DR: The authors argue that an orientation toward a hierarchical or individualistic view of society erodes levels of generalized trust, which is associated with employers' illegal activity to impede union organizing activity, which they define as a violation of ethical standards.
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Social and land use composition determinants of health: variability in health indicators.
TL;DR: The paper explores the variability in various health indicators in 252 localities in Israel as a function of the localities' socioeconomic status, population growth, and land use composition measures.
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The Evolution of Income Inequality in Germany and Switzerland Since the Turn of the Millennium
Markus M. Grabka,Ursina Kuhn +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare trends in income inequality in Switzerland and Germany from 2000 to 2009 using harmonized data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and the Swiss Household Panel (SHP).
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Happiness: Lessons from a New Science
TL;DR: In this new edition of his landmark book, Richard Layard shows that there is a paradox at the heart of our lives as discussed by the authors, which is not just anecdotally true, it is the story told by countless pieces of scientific research.
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Disease and Disadvantage in the United States and in England
TL;DR: The US population in late middle age is less healthy than the equivalent British population for diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, myocardial infarction, stroke, lung disease, and cancer.
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Cross-Country Determinants of Life Satisfaction: Exploring Different Determinants Across Groups in Society
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore a wide range of cross-country determinants of life satisfaction exploiting a database of 90,000 observations in 70 countries and show that only a small number of factors, such as openness, business climate, postcommunism, the number of chambers in parliament, Christian majority, and infant mortality robustly influence life satisfaction across countries.
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Social Trust and Fractionalization: A Possible Reinterpretation
TL;DR: In this paper, the importance of fractionalization for the creation of social trust is examined and the determinants of trust can be divided into two categories: those affecting individuals' trust radii and those affecting social polarization.
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Do Neoliberal Economic Policies Kill or Save Lives
John Gerring,Strom C. Thacker +1 more
TL;DR: The authors found that open international trade policies, low-inflation macroeconomic environments, and market-oriented property rights regimes promote human development across the world, even when controlling for countries' economic performance.