Table of Contents
Foreword Robert B. Reich ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xvii
Note on Graphs xix
Part 1 Material Success, Social Failure
1 The end of an era 3
2 Poverty or inequality? 15
3 How inequality gets under the skin 31
Part 2 The Costs of Inequality
4 Community life and social relations 49
5 Mental health and drug use 63
6 Physical health and life expectancy 73
7 Obesity: wider income gaps, wider waists 89
8 Educational performance 103
9 Teenage births: recycling deprivation 119
10 Violence: gaining respect 129
11 Imprisonment and punishment 145
12 Social mobility: unequal opportunities 157
Part 3 A Better Society
13 Dysfunctional societies 173
14 Our social inheritance 197
15 Equality and sustainability 217
16 Building the future 235
Postscript - Research Meets Politics 273
The Equality Trust 299
Appendix 301
Sources of Data for the Indices of Health and Social Problems 306
Statistics 310
References 312
Index 343