The Health of Nations: Why Inequality Is Harmful to Your Health
Following up on studies like The Loss of Happiness in Market  Democracies, The Health of Nations: Why Inequality Is Harmful to  Your Health is a timely summation of recent economic research  that shows how extreme prosperity always comes at the expense of  others' poverty and perhaps of one's own well-being. Ichiro  Kawachi, director of the Harvard Center for Society and Health,  and Harvard School of Public Health professor Bruce P. Kennedy  focus on how (as any Buddhist will tell you) "merely wishing for  more money seems to lead to unhappiness" and, looking  internationally, ask "are we happier and healthier [as  Americans] as a result of all our consumption and accumulation?"  Their counterintuitive answer is a resounding "no..-- as a result of all our consumption and accumulation?"  Their counterintuitive answer is a resounding "no."Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.