People are happier when goods are more equally distributed, but equality makes people want to spend more to get ahead of their neighbors, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Health care equality I am a hard-working, healthy 27-year-old. I have worked on two farms putting in some 60-hour weeks. I have always paid taxes. What is beginning to bother me is the fact that I have never had health insurance with any job.

EQUALITY in Scotland is being hampered by outdated institutions and is generations from being achieved, a new report claims. It says the roles of men and women have changed dramatically in the last 30 years - but workplaces, institutions and services are failing to keep up with modern aspirations.

All nations should spend 6 percent of GDP on education: World Education Forum RIO DE JANEIRO, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The Fourth World Education Forum on Sunday called on all nations to spend at least six percent of their gross domestic product (GDP) on education.