Unjerked E28 Are We Worse Off Part 1

William Henderson and B. McGraw talk about whether we are worse off now than we were in the past. In what ways are we better off than we were 70 years ago or 140 years ago? In what ways are we worse off? Overall, are we as a society in a good or bad place right now?  This is Part 1 of 2 episodes.

 

4:03 Crime

4:42 War and Conflict (2) (3)

8:21 Health 

9:02 Infectious disease

11:05 Cancer deaths

12:24 Metabolic disease

16:38 Addictive food 

17:59 Global health development

20:26 Health insurance coverage

21:00 Real median household income

24:26 Real disposable per capital personal income

25:00 Food as percent of budget

26:19 Debt servicing as percent of household budget

27:42 Financial obligations ratio

28:37 Household debt to GDP

29:23 Transportation as percent of spending

30:17 Level of education

30:57 Global real GDP per capital

31:50 Minority rights

32:40 Regulation

32:51 Lifestyle: travel

33:45 Technology

35:00 Nuclear war

37:00 US Inequality

39:41 Global inequality 

41:35 Consumer debt service payments as percent of disposable personal income

42:17 Democracy

43:38 Misinformation

45:16 Happiness and sense of purpose