Summary:
Apparently, measuring the levels of two molecules—an individual’s C-reactive protein and fibrinogen (as in the charts above)—and matching them against their socioeconomic position starts to reveal the hidden mechanisms connecting social inequality and health. And the missing link turns out to be stress. Debt is a major cause of stress, and a rent-based economy is based on debt. Poverty is another major cause of stress, as is financial and economic precariousness. As more people join the percariat, stress increases and health declines. Occasional Links & CommentaryBloody hell! David F. Ruccio | Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame
Topics:
Mike Norman considers the following as important: Debt, health, inequality, percariat, Poverty, precariousness, socioeconomic position
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Apparently, measuring the levels of two molecules—an individual’s C-reactive protein and fibrinogen (as in the charts above)—and matching them against their socioeconomic position starts to reveal the hidden mechanisms connecting social inequality and health. And the missing link turns out to be stress. Debt is a major cause of stress, and a rent-based economy is based on debt. Poverty is another major cause of stress, as is financial and economic precariousness. As more people join the percariat, stress increases and health declines. Occasional Links & CommentaryBloody hell! David F. Ruccio | Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame
Topics:
Mike Norman considers the following as important: Debt, health, inequality, percariat, Poverty, precariousness, socioeconomic position
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Apparently, measuring the levels of two molecules—an individual’s C-reactive protein and fibrinogen (as in the charts above)—and matching them against their socioeconomic position starts to reveal the hidden mechanisms connecting social inequality and health. And the missing link turns out to be stress.Debt is a major cause of stress, and a rent-based economy is based on debt. Poverty is another major cause of stress, as is financial and economic precariousness. As more people join the percariat, stress increases and health declines.
Occasional Links & Commentary
Bloody hell!
David F. Ruccio | Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame
Bloody hell!
David F. Ruccio | Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame