Foreword v
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xii
Note on Graphs xiii
PART ONE Material Success, Social Failure
The end of an era
3(12)
Poverty or inequality?
15(16)
How inequality gets under the skin
31(18)
PART TWO The Costs of Inequality
Community life and social relations
49(14)
Mental health and drug use
63(10)
Physical health and life expectancy
73(16)
Obesity: wider income gaps, wider waists
89(14)
Educational performance
103(16)
Teenage births: recycling deprivation
119(10)
Violence: gaining respect
129(16)
Imprisonment and punishment
145(12)
Social mobility: unequal opportunities
157(16)
PART THREE A Better Society
Dysfunctional societies
173(22)
Our social inheritance
195(20)
Equality and sustainability
215(14)
Building the future
229(38)
Appendix 267(4)
References 271(28)
Index 299