Posted by: Joseph Halter

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Posted by: William J Dowling Jr

{"ops":[{"insert":"Yes, probably. The article I read was about how a college education increases longevity while less educated people\ndie sooner.\n\nI've also heard that the closer you live to downtown, the sooner you die due to more stress.\n"}]}

Posted by: Joseph Halter

{"ops":[{"insert":"The key takeaway from this from my point of view is that the working class is falling and failing life expectancy. Quote: \"As Princeton economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton show "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1_Case-Deaton_unembargoed.pdf?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email"},"insert":"in their new research"},{"insert":", the gulf in life expectancy between people with and without a college degree has widened dramatically since the 1990s. As of the end of 2021, there was a shocking 8.5-year age gap between the two cohorts, with the life span of Americans without a college degree trending sharply downward in recent years.\"\n\nWhy is this? \n"}]}