The Pox of Liberty: How the Constitution Left Americans Rich, Free, and Prone to Infection

by Werner Troesken

The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world. But that wealth hasn't translated to a higher life expectancy, an area where the United States still ranks thirty-eighth--behind Cuba, Chile, Costa Rica, and Greece, among many others. Some fault the absence of universal health care or the persistence of social inequalities. Others blame unhealthy lifestyles. But these emphases on present-day behaviors and policies miss a much more fundamental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226922170
• ISBN13: 9780226922171
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"