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Richard G. Wilkinson

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January 01, 1943 in The United Kingdom

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http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/

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Richard G. Wilkinson (Richard Gerald Wilkinson; born 1943) is a British researcher in social inequalities in health and the social determinants of health. He is Professor Emeritus of social epidemiology at the University of Nottingham, having retired in 2008. He is also Honorary Professor at University College London.

He is best known for his 2009 book (with Kate Pickett) The Spirit Level, in which he argues that societies with more a equal distribution of incomes have better health outcomes than ones in which the gap between richest and poorest parts society is greater. His 1996 book Unhealthy Societies: The Affliction of Inequality had made the same argument a decade earlier.

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Average rating: 4.00 · 601 ratings · 163 reviews · 13 distinct works

	The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better by Richard G. Wilkinson, Kate E. Pickett 4.00 avg rating — 568 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Impact of Inequality: How to Make Sick Societies Healthier 3.70 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Mind the Gap: Hierarchies, Health, and Human Evolution 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Society and Population Health Reader: Income Inequality and Health (Society and Population Health Reader by Richard G. Wilkinson, Ichiro Kawachi (Editor), Bruce P. Kennedy (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1999	My rating:
	Social Determinants of Health 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Desigualdad: Un Analisis De La Infelicidad Colectiva 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Income Inequality and Social Dysfunction by Richard G. Wilkinson, Kate E. Pickett 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Kranke Gesellschaften: Soziales Gleichgewicht Und Gesundheit 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Poverty And Progress: An Ecological Model Of Economic Development 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Solid Facts by Richard G. Wilkinson (Editor), M.G. Marmot (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1998	My rating: