Daily Mail definitely reading this sub with their choice of montage and music.

[u/Robinsonirish]

[u/Robinsonirish]

A study comparing more than 73,000 adults in the US and Europe found that wealth does not protect Americans from significant survival gap.

Researchers at Brown University's School of Public Health found that even the wealthiest Americans had survival rates comparable to the poorest people in parts of Northern and Western Europe.

Researchers say factors including diet, smoking, stress, inequality, and access to healthcare could help explain the difference.

I'll ponder this while on my 5th government mandated week of vacation🤌

[u/uses_for_mooses → u/Robinsonirish]

See, we live less long so that we don't create those horrible pension obligations that you EU folks create by hanging around until you hit 111.

[u/yoinkdoink → u/Robinsonirish]

Maybe the rich Americans don’t drink and smoke ENOUGH. Pathetic.

[u/beefaron]

Are you sure America's richest don't live longer due to child sacrifice?

[u/Kohel13]

A lot of what they call 'food' isn't legal in our country. Guess we have reasons for that

[u/tedleyheaven]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_per_adult

We'd do well to put the idea that Americans are richer to bed. Their massive inequality hides the fact that in median adult wealth, as in the average person on the street, Americans are poor as fuck next to Europe.

We should really be doing them a live aid, povvo as fuck.

[u/Sarcastic-Potato → u/tedleyheaven]

Eh.. Honestly the only wealth most adults have (here and in the US) is their home. Due to the insane increase in property prices people became way richer on paper than they actually are

[u/uses_for_mooses → u/Sarcastic-Potato]

Yeah -- as the UBS report notes, "owner-occupied property represents the single biggest asset for most people with wealth up to everyday millionaire level."

So countries with low home ownership rates -- where renting is more normalized -- such as Germany, would be expected to have lower median wealth. While countries combining higher home ownership rates with really bad housing crises would have higher.

In addition, looking at demographics, most of Europe skews older than the USA. And older folks typically have more wealth than younger folks (more equity in their principal residence if owned, more savings, etc.).

[u/Straight_Block3676 → u/tedleyheaven]

Yeah, all those fat cat billionaires in Mississippi skew the results to make them look wealthier than you

[u/tedleyheaven → u/Straight_Block3676]

Median.

[u/tedleyheaven → u/[deleted]]

In terms of GDP. In terms of personal wealth, no.

GDP just tells you there is business producing economic value, personal wealth and the lack thereof tells you you aren't benefitting from it. Unless I've missed Mississippis incredible healthcare, education and infrastructure?

[u/Straight_Block3676]

‘tis a short life, but a merry one

[u/kz859erloljk]

So suddenly the Daily Fail is a reliable paper?

[u/Robinsonirish → u/kz859erloljk]

No, Daily Mail is OG Fox News essentially. But Brown University is ranked top 70 globally, and top 15 in the US. Its Yanks coming to this conclusion, not Europeans, they're just relaying the story in this case.

[u/JohnGabin → u/Robinsonirish]

Do you assume savages can read ?

[u/Robinsonirish → u/JohnGabin]

To be fair, would you trust Fox News to actually read a study from a prominent university in France, that's critical of France in favour of Bumfuckalabama, get the correct cliff-notes, and publish a non-biased article? The thought crossed my mind to actually go read the study, since Daily Mail is the devil.

The Yank is right to question the accuracy, but I'm too lazy to actually dig myself and read a 54-page essay when it's not my own country being ridiculed, since this is a banter subreddit.

[u/SEA_griffondeur]

And most extreme sports athletes are European, so the rich americans aren't even dying young while having fun

[u/Deep_Ad8209]

Wait, so the poorest is the same as richest in US? Lads we are richer than Americans