http://geadventure.com/2009/10/health-as-currency/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:47:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://geadventure.com/2009/10/health-as-currency/comment-page-1/#comment-3576 david foster Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:54:43 +0000 http://geadventure.com/?p=594#comment-3576 "Spending health" is an interesting concept. Traditionally, of course, many low-income people have "spent health" by taking physically-dangerous jobs such as coal mining and crewing on sailing ships. This is less of a factor in the present-day U.S. (although some kinds of professional sports do represent "spending health")...indeed, it may more commonly be the *absence* of a job that "spends health" through the creation of various forms of stress. “Spending health” is an interesting concept. Traditionally, of course, many low-income people have “spent health” by taking physically-dangerous jobs such as coal mining and crewing on sailing ships. This is less of a factor in the present-day U.S. (although some kinds of professional sports do represent “spending health”)…indeed, it may more commonly be the *absence* of a job that “spends health” through the creation of various forms of stress.

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