Why Equality Is Better for Everyone

More unequal societies are less trusting, more violent, less healthy, and more stressed.

Illustration by Leonardo Yorka

When asked what is so wrong with inequality, many socialists say something about how it’s unethical that some people should have so little while others have so much. Others describe how the lavish lives of the rich are directly predicated on the work of those at the bottom. Some point to absolute levels of impoverishment […]

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