The Good Society by Kate Pickett review – the Spirit Level author takes stock - short news
Is equality at the heart of our social problems? A whistle-stop tour of the greatest hits of progressive policy
If you’ve written a successful book based around one big idea, what do you make the next one about? Back in 2009, Kate Pickett’s The Spirit Level (co-authored with Richard Wilkinson) argued that inequality was the ultimate cause of almost all our social problems, from obesity and teenage pregnancy to violent crime; more equal societies, they claimed, had better outcomes..
source: The Guardian - 03.02.2026