Rich countries that let inequality run rampant make citizens unhappy, study finds | Ine... - 0 views
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Countries that allow economic inequality to increase as they grow richer make their citizens less happy, a new study shows.
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Until now, researchers have believed that inequality was largely irrelevant to levels of life satisfaction,
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In 1981, as the UK was gripped by a recession, life satisfaction stood at 7.7. But during the economic boom of the 1980s, inequality grew, and the research shows that the happiness figure dropped to 7.4 by 1999.
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