A Better World - 02/28/11

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Mitchell's guest today is social epidemiologist, author and professor at University of Nottingham Medical School, Honorary Professor at University College London and a Visiting Professor at the University of York. Richard Wilkinson co-wrote with his partner/colleague Kate Pickett, The Spirit Level and he is a co-founder of The Equality Trust.

Richard has played a formative role in international research on the social determinants of health and on the societal effects of income inequality. John Carey of the Sunday Times (UK), professor emeritus at Oxford says of Wilkinson's The Spirit Level: "Is a book with a big idea, big enough to change political thinking." Join Mitchell today for a spirited dialogue about how the greater the economic disparity in a society leads to proportionate levels of illness, depression, anxiety, violence, homicide and suicide; and how its inverse, greater equality, leads to health, happiness, reduced crime rates and much greater sense of personal and social well-being. Don't miss this important interview.