SOC 322LEC Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Whitehall Study, Socialized Medicine, Redistribution Of Income And Wealth
24 Jul 2018
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Where you live in uk connected w primary who becomes gatekeeper to specialists. Saw a gap widening for those not eliminating problems. Gap between poor and rich got larger. Linear relationship the more prestige, the lower mortality. Self-esteem, stress levels, self-determination (do you feel you have control over your life) Not everyone has high sd which fuel stress. Leisure time, diets, second job, kids in daycare. Things accumulate over time, have you had access to care, exercise, diet. Everyone scraping by harder to get social support and free time. The gap between top 1% and everyone else is widening. The rich get richer, the poor get more poor. The reasons for that wealth are not always due to hard wealth. Tax code allows higher wealth, legislation, financial markets. There is nothing natural or inevitable about inequality. Potential to inc or dec is created by gov and corporatization.
