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Re:Cancer in America Is Way Down, for the Wealthy Anyway by fjp on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @02:03PM (#18867686)
Ah yes, the past 40 years of wealth gains will trickle down on us any day now!
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Re:Cancer in America Is Way Down, for the Wealthy Anyway by djohnston on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @03:11PM (#18868328)
that's been the pattern for all of our industrialized history, there's no reason to be skeptical that it will suddenly stop happening
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Re:Cancer in America Is Way Down, for the Wealthy Anyway by andrenth on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @02:47PM (#18868122)
It does happen, believe it or not. I recommend "Factfulness" by Hans Rosling if you're interested.
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