Posthuman Blues

Study Shows Rich People Kill The Poor With Status Alone

They offer two possible explanations: poor people living in rich areas may have to pay more for housing and other services, magnifying the effect of poverty; alternatively, their health may suffer from stress caused by continually being reminded that they are at the bottom of the economic pile. "I don’t think the two are mutually exclusive," says team member Catherine Cubbin, now at the University of California, San Francisco.