Disparity in the life spans of the rich and poor is growing
Clip: 3/10/2016 | 8m 4s
Harvard's Dr. Lisa Berkman discusses life spans relating to the rich-poor inequality gap.
Research has long established that wealthy people tend to live longer than the poor, but despite advances that economic ladder has been widening. Dr. Lisa Berkman, of Harvard's Center for Population and Development Studies, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss. This is part of an ongoing series of reports called 'Chasing the Dream,' which reports on poverty and opportunity in America.
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Disparity in the life spans of the rich and poor is growing
Clip: 3/10/2016 | 8m 4s
Research has long established that wealthy people tend to live longer than the poor, but despite advances that economic ladder has been widening. Dr. Lisa Berkman, of Harvard's Center for Population and Development Studies, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss. This is part of an ongoing series of reports called 'Chasing the Dream,' which reports on poverty and opportunity in America.
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