The Health of Nations Why Inequality Is Harmful to Your Health

"An extremely important and timely study." -Amartya Sen, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics

"Why should this book be important for clinicians and biomedical researchers? To improve health in the United States or elsewhere in the world, we must address factors that affect the health of populations but have only indirect relevance for patient care." -The New England Journal of Medicine

"A timely summation of recent economic research that shows how extreme prosperity always comes at the expense of others' poverty-and perhaps of one's own well-being." -Publishers Weekly