On Point Radio: Inequality

HOW INEQUALITY HURTS SOCIETIES

New global research on equality, inequality, and the happiness of nations.

American inequality is at towering heights not seen since before the Great Depression. Wealth is packed at the top of the ladder, and dwindling on the rungs below. The picture naturally makes many uneasy. A new global research effort says we are quite right to worry about it.

Two British epidemiologists say inequality is a public health issue, a national health issue. From crime rates to drug use to teenage pregnancy to heart disease and more, they say, the evidence shows inequality makes countries sick, even the rich.

We investigate inequality.

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