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This article aims at verifying the findings by Richard G. Wilkinson and Kate E. Pickett (2009) which point to a strong correlation between the income gap and the escalation of social problems. Wilkinson and Pickett's thesis, described here as 'the Spirit Level concept', states that all kinds of social problems (ranging from drug abuse to lack of trust among people) are directly connected with the...