High Inequality Results in More US Deaths Than Tobacco, Car Crashes and Guns Combined

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Joshua Holland

A casket at the Museum of Funeral Customs, Springfield, Illinois, 2006. (Wikimedia
A casket at the Museum of Funeral Customs, Springfield, Illinois, 2006. (Wikimedia

In 2009, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) published a study that revealed what seems to be a shocking truth: those who live in societies with a higher level of income inequality are at a greater risk for premature death.

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