“…Although this observation is not new, what is relatively novel is the evidence that this feature in a society's economic structure affects multiple outcomes for those who live in that society (Wilkinson & Pickett, 2010, 2017. Specifically, societies with higher levels of economic inequality tend to have higher crime rates (Hsieh & Pugh, 1993;Rufrancos, Power, Pickett, & Wilkinson, 2013), poorer physical and mental health and nutrition (Chiavegatto Filho, Kawachi, Wang, Viana, & Andrade, 2013;Lynch et al, 2004;Pickett, Kelly, Brunner, Lobstein, & Wilkinson, 2005;Pickett & Wilkinson, 2015), a lower level of political and democratic participation (Andersen, 2012;Solt, 2008), and lower levels of wellbeing and happiness (Alesina, Di Tella, & MacCulloch, 2004;Delhey & Dragolov, 2013;Oishi, Kesebir, & Diener, 2011; but see also Kelley & Evans, 2017).…”