*Is Inequality the Problem?*

Lane Kenworthy has a book coming out next year, I have read it, and it is superb (rooftops) and also very important.  Here is a brief excerpt:

Rich democratic nations with higher levels of income inequality or larger increases in income inequality haven’t tended to have slower economic growth, lower or slower-growing household income, or worse household balance sheets…

The notion that income inequality is harmful for health has recieved substantial attention from researchers, and some now take it for granted that inequality reduces longevity.  But the country evidence offers very little support for this conclusion.

I will let you know when a pre-order is possible.  In the meantime, it shouldn’t matter, but I can also report that Kenworthy is very much a left-leaning thinker, as you can adduce from his policy recommendations toward the end of the book.