A new study came out: An unprecedented mortality crisis struck Eastern Europe during the 1990s, causing around 7 million excess deaths...the first quantitative analysis of the association between deindustrialization and mortality in Eastern Europe.
Creating the conditions for ill health by denying minimum income for a healthy life. It is government policy that people who need benefits, Universal Credit, will have only 70% of the money they need to live healthily.
@dan_tomlinson_@prospect_clark I think some acceptance that increasing economic inactivity is a reflection of a general retreat of the state and of austerity not just welfare policy is important. It isn’t surprising that this is a problem in the UK and US but very much less so in Europe.
@joelgolby Guy at my school who’s dad was a cop. He said his dad had a car that could drive up walls. Guy who said he drove around a roundabout at 120mph. Guy who said he was the monkey running champion of the uk and Star Wars pod racing champion of the world.
@michaeljswalker I don’t think fully recover is right. Recovered to late 1970s levels, but in the meantime most other countries have cohntinued to see increases in life expectancy with the result that former Soviet states have LE of 15-20 less than western Europe , us and South/central America
@ChardineTaylor Completely agree these announcements have been goin on for years and are shameful. The logic of not giving your money to someone in need who is *right in front of you* and giving it to a charity is so warped.
@thomasforth Mean infant mortality in the UK in 3.9. Mean infant mortality for the least deprived ventile in the US is 4.0. The highest payers have worse outcomes than the average in the UK. This is similar for lots of health metrics. Not sure it fits your graph.
42% of London council houses sold under Right to Buy are now privately rented, at an average of 4 times the rent.
Unaffordable housing for tenants and lost revenue for councils, which could have funded new homes.
What a disaster.