"One, looking at the 50 American states, discovered that after taking account of age, income and educational differences, depression was more common in states with greater income inequality." (Think our suicide rates)
"..drivers of more expensive cars were less likely to give way to pedestrians or to other cars. Higher status people were also more likely to help themselves to candies that they had been told were intended for children. He found that they also had a greater sense of entitlement and were less generous." (Think Lim Swee Say and toothpicks)
"Another international study, from 2011, found in particular that self-enhancement or self-aggrandizement — the tendency to present an inflated view of oneself — occurred much more frequently in more unequal societies." (Think Anton-you-know-who)
"It is hard to avoid the conclusion that we become less nice people in more unequal societies."
*Read more at: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/how-inequality-hollows-out-the-soul/