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Dysfunctional societies : why inequality matters /

"In this new film based on his international best-seller The Spirit Level, Wilkinson focuses on why the U.S., despite being one of the richest nations in the world, lags behind so many other rich Western societies in a number of crucial statistical measures, including life expectancy, violence,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pickett, Kate (Author)
Other Authors: Wilkinson, Richard G. (on-screen participant.)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
Published: Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, [2015]
Subjects:
Income distribution > United States.
Equality > United States.
Revenu > Répartition > États-Unis.
Equality.
Income distribution.
United States.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)
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Summary:"In this new film based on his international best-seller The Spirit Level, Wilkinson focuses on why the U.S., despite being one of the richest nations in the world, lags behind so many other rich Western societies in a number of crucial statistical measures, including life expectancy, violence, health, community, teen pregnancy, mental illness, and incarceration." -- Publishers website.
Item Description:Based on the book The Spirit Level by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett.
Title from title screen (viewed on January 15, 2015)
Originally produced in 2015.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file, 41 min.) : digital, sound, color
Production Credits:Editor, Sut Jhally.