#cascadeofbenefits — Public Fediverse posts
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The Nature editorial compares the #OpenLetter to "previous efforts — in particular, the 2009 publication of the influential text The Spirit Level [2] by epidemiologists Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett.
They showed that reducing #inequality has a #CascadeOfBenefits, from better #health to lower #CrimeRates and better #educational outcomes.The book was a sensation." But it "did not change governments’ approaches to inequality" [1]
(Scientific debate: see e.g. https://equalitytrust.org.uk/resource/authors-respond-questions-about-spirit-levels-analysis )