TED: The link between inequality and anxiety | Richard Wilkinson

The video discusses the impact of inequality on mental health and social relationships. It highlights how candid photography reveals societal stress and unhappiness, contrasting with posed images. The speaker presents statistics on stress and mental health issues in the UK and USA, emphasizing the role of inequality in exacerbating these problems. Inequality increases social stress, status anxiety, and affects social mobility, leading to violence and consumerism. The video explores personal responses to inequality, such as low self-esteem and narcissism, and links inequality to higher rates of mental illness. The solution proposed is reducing societal inequality to improve social relationships and well-being.

How does social status affect community life and relationships?

What is the relationship between inequality and rates of depression?

What steps can be taken to address the burden of mental illness caused by inequality?