For the first time since the 1918 Influenza outbreak the life expectancy of a group of Americans has actually declined. From 1990 to 2008 the life expectancy of the least educated white Americans decreased by four years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/21/u...hrinking.html?pagewanted=all&_moc.semityn.www
The results of rising inequality, welfare reform, and deindustrialization coming home to roost.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/21/u...hrinking.html?pagewanted=all&_moc.semityn.www
The results of rising inequality, welfare reform, and deindustrialization coming home to roost.