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The Health of Nations: Why Inequality Is Harmful to Your Health

ISBN13: 9781565845824
ISBN10: 156584582x
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Two Harvard School of Public Health professors will irk conservatives with their argument that US capitalism generates disparities that compromise its citizens' health. They chart the correlation between national wealth and life expectancy, and the "Robin Hood index" of proportion of income that would need to be redistributed to achieve equal income distribution; and discuss attitudes in the US, Japan, and Sweden toward government measures to reduce inequality.
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ISBN:: 9781565845824
Subtitle:: Why Inequality Is Harmful to Your Health
Author:: Kawachi, Ichiro
Author:: Kennedy, Bruce P.
Publisher:: New Press
Subject:: Public Health
Subject:: Health Care Delivery
Subject:: Health Policy
Subject:: U.S. Government
Subject:: Economic Conditions
Subject:: Economics - Theory
Subject:: Medical care
Subject:: Equality
Subject:: Medical policy
Subject:: Government - U.S. Government
Publication Date:: September 2002
Binding:: Hardcover
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Y
Pages:: 232
Dimensions:: 8.46x6.38x.95 in. .96 lbs.

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