Income Inequality Author: [UK] Richard Wilkinson / [UK] Kate Pickett Publisher: Beijing United Publishing Company

✰Why do we become more anxious the better others live?

✰Why are we still unhappy after living a rich life?

✰Why do our interpersonal relationships become more tense as social interaction becomes more convenient?

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Income inequality is eating away at everyone’s soul!

★A new masterpiece by international bestselling authors and renowned public health experts Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett

★ Comprehensively analyze the pain of inequality and get to the root of the internal mental exhaustion

★Highly recommended by The Economist, The Observer and The Guardian

Increasing social anxiety, constant doubt about life choices, being forced into a vortex of competition, suffering from mental illness...all of these are related to income inequality!

International bestselling authors and renowned public health experts Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett have conducted a detailed study of income inequality in their latest work, Income Inequality. This book not only shows the social problems caused by income inequality and class differences, and strongly shows that the greater the gap between the rich and the poor, the greater the pressure on people's lives and the more health problems they face, but also focuses on the negative impact of income inequality on everyone's mind.

The two authors used rich data and empirical evidence, and based on comprehensive analysis and detailed explanation, proposed practical plans to promote equality and build a better society. They thus completed a pioneering work on social equity, providing us with an important solution for re-understanding the world and ourselves.

【Recommended by famous experts】

Anyone who cares about the quality of their life should be shocked by this profound finding: as society becomes more unequal, people become less healthy, less happy, less secure, and less kind. This doesn’t just apply to the poor, who are neglected by society. It affects everyone.

—Robert Sapolsky, renowned neuroscientist and international bestselling author

【Editor's recommendation】

1. This is a new masterpiece by international bestselling authors and well-known public health experts Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett. This book diagnoses class problems from the perspective of public health and social psychology, has a deep insight into social structural problems, and clearly outlines the deep destructive power brought about by the gap between the rich and the poor.

2. Comprehensively analyze the psychological impact of income inequality on everyone. This book points out that the huge gap between the rich and the poor not only makes life difficult for the poor, but also makes the rich suffer greatly: social anxiety is getting worse, they constantly doubt their life choices, they are forced to be involved in the vortex of competition, and they suffer from mental illness... From physical and mental health to violent crimes, from educational achievements to life expectancy, almost everything and everyone is affected by the negative psychological impact of the gap between the rich and the poor.

This is a pioneering work on social equity. The two authors, through rich research evidence and chart data, elaborately explain the causes and consequences of the greater the income gap, the more disordered the society is, and sort out practical solutions to promote equality and improve life, providing us with an important solution to re-understand the world and get out of the predicament.