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Consequences of Global Inequality

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Global stratification appears most starkly in outcomes that money cannot be separated from: life expectancy, child mortality, schooling completed, and exposure to preventable disease.

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Where a person is born predicts these outcomes more strongly than anything they subsequently do.

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These gaps track resources and institutions, and no biological explanation accounts for them.

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