The truth about Income Inequality;
Did you know that most modern affluent societies harbor the greatest income inequalities and they also encounter the highest rate of psycho- social problems.
We can all agree that as most modern day countries develop, then their living standards improve…right.
So the majority of people do not have to worry about basic needs like food, clean water and keeping warm.
Increasing our incomes does not increase our life expectancy, nor does it create happiness or well being, what it does do, is quite frankly, increase our psycho-social problems.
Apparently it is the - “individuals sensitivity to this social structure that causes unequal societies to be so problematic. Understanding this relationship between social standing and income inequalities is the key. It is the person that needs to change and not society. In other words reduce inequality and the quality of life would increase for us all.”
Source: Karen Brown – Equality Trust.
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