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Inequality's Insidious Spread - COVID-19, India, Insurance

Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff

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Inequality Kills Us All, COVID-19's Health Lessons for the World

Stephen Hawking has written a new book about the link between economic inequality and health. More unequal societies have worse health outcomes, he says. This helps explain why people in the United States die younger than those in other rich countries such as Thailand or Chile. "I put the title to mean inequality affects us all," writes Hawking.

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