"The Spirit Level" suggests that inequality undermines social trust and community life, corroding societies as a whole.

“精神文明”表明不平等侵蚀了社会信任和社区生活，腐蚀了整个社会。

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These circumstances reveal the level of inequality of opportunity in the region.

这些条件反映出该地区机会不平等的程度。

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In an analysis of seven countries by the Economist, Italy was found to have the lowest level of regional inequality, perhaps due to large fiscal transfers to the Mezzogiorno in the south.

在《经济学人》一篇对七个国家的分析文章中，意大利的区域不平等最小，这可能是由于向南方地区大量的财政转移。

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Although income disparities rose rapidly in China, by the end of the past decade the overall level of inequality in China was still lower than in nearly all the emerging countries, with only Turkey showing a marginally lower level.

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David Moss at Harvard Business School, for instance, found that the rate of American bank failures was highly correlated with the level of inequality.

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The same applies to inequality at the world level.

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