STATUS: Does Our Need for It Explain ... Everything?
The Next Big Idea
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Status Is Hard Work, Right?
The lower you drop down the status hierarchy of Whitehall, the worse your health outcomes become. A wealthy smoker was more likely to fall ill as a result of their smoking than the person above them. Status is more important to people's happiness than family, money and all those other things. It even sinks down to our physical health, this state of stuff, you know, and it's our happiness.
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