Inequality is bad for your health, even if you're rich.
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@GuerillaOntologist "the researchers say this is more about access to healthcare, stress, and how badly your country sets you up to fail." Of those factors, which would burden USA 1 percenters? Are they stressed about the rest of us?
@lwriemen I would guess stress has a lot to do with that unexpected outcome, plus things like getting offed by an exploited customer on your way to a board meeting...that kind of thing.
It is a good questions though. The finding is robust (I've been seeing variations for years) and it's not intuitively clear why (at least to me).