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OTHER ISSUE 2 ARTICLES: EUROPEAN MONEY POURS IN FOR US |
CAPITALISM DOESN’T MAKE YOU HAPPY, HONEST? According to the Worldwatch Institute, we have used more goods and services since 1950 than in all the rest of human history. But we still don’t seem to be happy. Indeed, over the same period, 25-year-olds in Britain have become 10 times more likely to be afflicted by depression. One in four British adults now suffers from a chronic lack of sleep, and one fifth of schoolchildren have psychological problems. Over the past 13 years, mental health insurance claims have risen by 36%. American studies suggest that between 40% and 60% of the population suffers from mental illness in any one year. The World Health Organisation predicts that by 2010 depression will become the second commonest disease in the developed world. Does this tell us that something isn’t quiet right about the way we live? see. www.znet.org |
