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There's a similar observation at the book the spirit level,by richard wilkinson who show the link between income inequality and bad results in numerous health a
by ippisl 14y ago
There's a similar observation at the book the spirit level,by richard wilkinson who show the link between income inequality and bad results in numerous health and social attributes. And it really moves the political inequality debate to a more scientific field , which is nice.
One supposed reason for the link is that inequality(and low status) causes stress. Which hurts health, causes depression, etc.
- bromang 14y agoIt does need to be pointed out that the academic literature gives a fairly poor support for a link between the level of inequality and population health. For example, the most thorough review (I have seen) of the the research on this topic finds that "there is little support for a “strong” psychosocial version of the income inequality–health hypothesis that it [the level of inequality] is a major, generalizable determinant of population health among or within rich countries" [1] [1] http://www.milbank.org/publications/the-milbank-quarterly/featured-articles/article/2427/is-income-inequality-a-determinant-of-population-health-part-1-a-systematic-review http://www.milbank.org/publications/the-milbank-quarterly/fe...