Dennis Raphael's article:
"From Increasing Poverty to Societal Disintegration:
Economic Inequality and the Future Health of Canada"
Is now available at:
http://www.interlog.com/~cjazz/bnews2.htm#gap2
Here are a few snippets from the article......
"The growing gap between rich and poor has not been
ordained by extraterrestrial beings. It has been
created by the policies of governments."
Poverty in Canada is highly gendered. The highest risk group
for poverty, and associated health effects, are single parent
families, virtually all of which are headed by women.
in 1973 the richest 10% of families in Canada made 21 times
more than the poorest 10% of families. By 1996, the richest
10% of families made 314 times more than the poorest 10% of
families.
"What matters in determining mortality and health in a society
is less the overall wealth of that society and more how evenly
wealth is distributed.
societies with greater economic inequality begin to "disintegrate"
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I urge you to take a look at Dennis' article.
You may want to pass it on to others.
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Bob Olsen, Toronto [log in to unmask]