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# Infographic: The Price of Inequality
- URL: https://ivn.us/the-price-of-inequality/
- Published: 2012-11-23T18:03:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:36:27.000Z
- Author: Lucas Eaves
- Tags: News

A 2009 book by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett made an interesting link between income inequality and the happiness and health of a society. The thesis argues that there is a correlation between the width of the income gap and societal factors such as life expectancy, obesity rate, murder rates, and prison population.

The following infographic, published by the[ New Statesman](http://www.newstatesman.com/?ref=ivn.us), which compares the latest data of 6 countries, Sweden, Japan, Germany, France, the UK and the US, confirms, in a striking way, what the price of inequality is. Credit: New Statesman

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