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LOOKING AT wealth and longevity: ?History teaches us that the wealth of a region and the longevity ?

By Glenn Reynolds

LOOKING AT wealth and longevity: “History teaches us that the wealth of a region and the longevity of its inhabitants go hand in hand. The societal and economic changes wrought across the 17th century in England, for example, show us that increased longevity leads to increased wealth, through more foresighted allocation of capital resources and the compounded effect of small gains, year after year. The converse is also true: increased wealth leads to increased longevity, a fact well illustrated by the passage of many Asian countries from undeveloped to developed in a short span of decades.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on March 24, 2010 (boomark / email).