Nervous, rich, angry countries

[Recursion]

https://www.axios.com/nervous-angry-rich-countries-90036353-9758-42f4-95a9-7340cebfdc10.html

This is a very interesting short piece about something that's been troubling me for 3 years now: the inverse relationship between wealth and feeling secure.

The world's richest countries are full of people who don't feel economically secure, and they don't trust the safety nets their governments have set up, according to a survey of 22,000 people in 21 OECD countries.

Why it matters: It's evidence of a worldwide wave of economic anxiety at a time when people in these countries should be feeling more secure. Per Bloomberg: "People are unhappy with social policies even as evidence shows they are living safer, healthier and longer lives thanks to those very policies."

The big picture: The anxiety goes far beyond the U.S. People in these countries think they don't have enough access to benefits like health care, housing and long-term care.

They're also resentful about public benefits, convinced that they don't get enough for the amount of taxes they pay and that other people are getting too much.

Interestingly, people in Canada express greater anxiety about access to long-term care or becoming ill than people in the US do.

[eppur_se_muova]

1. The higher you are on the pyramid of privilege, the more frightening it is to realize ...

... how restless the foundation.

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[Mister Ed]

2. And, the higher you are, the further you have to fall. n/t