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The spirit level : why greater equality makes societies stronger
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The strong version of Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett's argument in The Spirit Level implies that President Obama's fight to reform health care was pointless as discussed by the authors, and that extending the availability of health insurance cannot substantially improve Americans’ health.Abstract:
The strong version of Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett’s argument in The Spirit Level implies that President Obama’s fight to reform health care was pointless. Extending the availability of health insurance cannot substantially improve Americans’ health. Instead, the president would make us all happier, healthier, and longer-lived, their logic suggests, if he could get the richest, say, 5 percent of Americans to leave the country.read more
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Exploring the Social Determinants of Animal Health
TL;DR: In order to understand the One Health paradigm it is imperative that veterinary pedagogy include information on, and competence in, SDH and SDAH to ultimately achieve improvements in human, animal, and environmental health and wellbeing.
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Epigenetic impact of the social and physical environment on brain and body
Bruce S. McEwen,Karen Bulloch +1 more
TL;DR: An overview of this new synthesis is presented, using as an example emerging evidence about the linkages between systemic inflammation, insulin resistance and mental health and neurodegenerative diseases.
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Democratic Egalitarianism versus Luck Egalitarianism: What Is at Stake?
TL;DR: In this paper, a fresh look at Anderson's democratic egalitarianism and its relation to luck egalitarianism in the light of recent trends toward greater socioeconomic inequality is taken, where Anderson's critique of luck egalitarianisms and her alternative ideal of democratic equality are set out, and it is argued that the former is not very powerful, and that the latter is vulnerable to many of Anderson's criticisms.
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Happiness: Lessons from a New Science
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Disease and Disadvantage in the United States and in England
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Cross-Country Determinants of Life Satisfaction: Exploring Different Determinants Across Groups in Society
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Social Trust and Fractionalization: A Possible Reinterpretation
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Do Neoliberal Economic Policies Kill or Save Lives
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