Wilkinson & Pickett publish responses to recent questions about The Spirit Level

Submitted by on 26 July 2010

Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett have made four downloadable documents available defending the evidence in The Spirit Level from three attacks which have appeared almost simultaneously.

The first document combines their replies to all three recently published criticisms - if you download that you will have everything in the other documents.

The three documents replying to individual critics all start off with the same
introduction before going on to deal with the specific points raised from each source. It was inevitable that these attacks would appear sooner or later. But it is important that people are aware of how ill-founded and easily rebuffed they are. That three sustained attacks from those opposed to greater equality can be dealt with in relative ease should increase our confidence in the case for a more equal society.

Find the authors' individual and combined responses here