According to Christopher Ruhm, researcher for the National Bureau of Economic Research, the robust economy is bad for your health.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If a high-fat cholesterol-laden snack doesn't trigger a heart attack, then a healthy economy just might.
The risk of a fatal heart attack rises when the U.S. economy strengthens and increases further if macroeconomic conditions remain robust over the next several years, according to a study published last month.The death rate rises in the year the economy expands and grows further if the lower rate of joblessness is maintained, Christopher Ruhm wrote in his study.
A 1 percentage point drop in unemployment is estimated to raise mortality by 1.3 percent or 2,515 additional deaths per year from heart attacks, the study showed. The mortality rate is similar for males and females.
Bloggers on the left will blame Bush for this.
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Well, I do know that good e... (Below threshold)1. Posted by McGehee | April 9, 2006 3:38 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Well, I do know that good economic news makes liberals' heads explode.
And that can't be healthy.
1. Posted by McGehee | April 9, 2006 3:38 PM |
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Posted on April 9, 2006 15:38
2. Posted by Eon the terrible | April 9, 2006 4:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Who came up with this poppycock? is it from that busybody bunch of intellecial eggheads from the CSPI or the usial bunch of crack-pots trying to get money from the Nationa Science Foundation
2. Posted by Eon the terrible | April 9, 2006 4:03 PM |
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Posted on April 9, 2006 16:03
3. Posted by yetanotherjohn | April 9, 2006 4:35 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
So would democratic plans to raise taxes and thus tank the economy also qualify as a health plan?
3. Posted by yetanotherjohn | April 9, 2006 4:35 PM |
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Posted on April 9, 2006 16:35
4. Posted by Stephen Macklin | April 9, 2006 6:16 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
They are getting pathetically desperate in their attempts to spin a great economy into bad news.
4. Posted by Stephen Macklin | April 9, 2006 6:16 PM |
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Posted on April 9, 2006 18:16
5. Posted by JohnAnnArbor | April 9, 2006 7:18 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Well, I do know that good economic news makes liberals' heads explode. And that can't be healthy.
Yeah, a perforated colon is all kinds of bad news medically......
5. Posted by JohnAnnArbor | April 9, 2006 7:18 PM |
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Posted on April 9, 2006 19:18
6. Posted by McGehee | April 9, 2006 8:25 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
LOL
6. Posted by McGehee | April 9, 2006 8:25 PM |
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Posted on April 9, 2006 20:25
7. Posted by Dodd | April 9, 2006 8:26 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Bloggers on the left will blame Bush for this.
No they won't. That would require them to admit the economy is doing well. Instead, they say what I saw one left wingnut say a couple of days ago: "So this means more people died under Clinton than Bush." Which is, of course, patent nonsense (and, therefore, God-given truth to them).
7. Posted by Dodd | April 9, 2006 8:26 PM |
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Posted on April 9, 2006 20:26
8. Posted by remy logan | April 10, 2006 1:02 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Tomorrows headline:
Bush Policies Cause Increase in Deaths
Doctors urge the President to increase taxes. Calling it a national health crisis.
8. Posted by remy logan | April 10, 2006 1:02 AM |
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Posted on April 10, 2006 01:02
9. Posted by bryanD | April 10, 2006 2:35 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The Katie Couric Effect IS REAL!!!
9. Posted by bryanD | April 10, 2006 2:35 AM |
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Posted on April 10, 2006 02:35
10. Posted by Falze | April 10, 2006 10:20 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
This is actually going to prove true...or be portrayed that way, anyway. Self-fulfilling prophecy of a sort...the economy is strong and primed for a decent continuing run, coupled with the huge, aging boomer group that's going to start to die off...in a few years you're going to be able to look at the charts: economy rises and deaths climb.
10. Posted by Falze | April 10, 2006 10:20 AM |
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Posted on April 10, 2006 10:20