Koncepcja poziomicy – cudowne lekarstwo czy utopijna terapia?
The Spirit Level Concept: Wonderful Remedy or Utopian Therapy?

Summary/Abstract: This article aims at verifying the findings by Richard G. Wilkinson and Kate E. Pickett (2009) which point to a strong correlation between the income gap and the escalation of social problems. Wilkinson and Pickett’s thesis, described here as ‘the Spirit Level concept’, states that all kinds of social problems (ranging from drug abuse to lack of trust among people) are directly connected with the scale of social inequality in a given country. In this article we test this concept by analyzing the relation between the income gap in a particular country and four important problems: health condition, trust, social activity and cultural activity. We investigate this relation in European Union countries.

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