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  • From: "Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>
  • To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Why I am always so jealous of the rich
  • Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 20:35:54 -0800

You're only partially correct, James. The per capita suicide rate is only income related in the male gender.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- From: <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com>

The numbers are small for the reason you cite, but the percentages are
higher. Not only that, most of the literature points out that suicide occurs when
someone's "realative" income falls, that is, his income compared to what he
used to make or his peers make. To wit:

"In other words, suicide risk rises as relative income falls. "
http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2007/el2007-30.html

Many researches identify this as the reason that a larger percentage of rich
people commit suicide than poor people. When you operate on my cash income,
it isn't going to fall far! But when go about boasting to everyone how
successful you are in business and how financially well of you are, you have a long
way to fall and more opportunity to fall.





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