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Debate on Norman Daniels, Bruce Kennedy, and Ichiro Kawachi’s “Justice is Good for Our Health,” with responses by Michael Marmot, Marcia Angell, Ezekiel Emanuel, and others. Kieko Matteson and Robert Perkinson on the legacy of the US war in Laos, and Vikram Chandra on the India’s cult of authenticity. David Lehman on the magic of mystery stories, Stewart O’Nan on novels about the American West. Reginald Shepherd reviews three young poets, poetry by Cole Swensen, fiction by Molly Sultan, and more.
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HOW GREATER ECONOMIC EQUALITY WOULD PROMOTE PUBLIC HEALTH.
NORMAN DANIELS, BRUCE KENNEDY, ICHIRO KAWACHI
RESPONSES FROM MICHAEL MARMOT; MARCIA ANGELL; SUDHIR ANAND AND FABIENNE PETER,;TED MARMOR; EZEKIEL EMANUEL; BARBARA STARFIELD; EMMANUELA GAKIDOU, JULIO FRENK, AND CHRISTOPHER MURRAY; STEFFIE WOOLHANDLER AND DAVID HIMMELSTEIN; DANIELS, KENNEDY, AND KAWACHI RESPOND
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