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How economic inequality harms societies - Richard Wilkinson

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We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart: real effects on health, lifespan, even such basic values as trust.

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What does the speaker suggest about the relationship between national income and life expectancy?

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Higher national income always leads to better life expectancy.

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No clear relationship exists between national income and life expectancy in more affluent countries.

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Lower national income directly causes lower life expectancy.

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Life expectancy is solely determined by national income.

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