It takes megadeath war to make a society more equal?

David Runciman reviews The Spirit Level at the LRB : There is enough evidence here that equality is a good thing to be able to take it on faith, and to move away from evidence-based politics towards a politics that is, for want of a better word, more ideological. There are some problems with The Spirit Level, and it’s through exploring these that David Runciman gives Wilkinson and Pickett their due. The Spirit Level a very good book. It might sometimes trip over itself in its own enthu