[NEWS] Five links about aging, poverty, and inequality

[rfmcdonald]

• Is the argument of Piketty that billionaires should be taxed out of existence for the benefit of all really as bad as this columnist thinks it? Bloomberg has it.


• I do agree with this Open Democracy column suggesting a badly-handled guaranteed minimum income scheme could be a disaster.


• It is a sad irony that the stresses of poverty have been confirmed to accelerate the aging of poor people. VICE reports.


• Exercise plays a key role in helping slow down the aging process. The Conversation reports.


• Vox looks at claims of supercentenarians, and finds that poor record-keeping if not outright fraud is responsible for many.