EPISODE · Aug 16, 2026 · 7 MIN
Countries for winners; countries for losers
from The School of Life · host tscol
A good way to divide advanced societies is to ask: which are the good ones if you’re doing well, and which are the good ones if you’re doing badly? Interestingly, the results are very different. An associated fact is that most of us do not, financially at least, end up winners. That should give us pause for thought. FURTHER READING “We all, naturally, want to be winners. And so, consequently, a great many countries are designed to reward winners. These are the countries that pay a good deal of attention to optimising the conditions of life available to people who win. In such lands, if one is a winner and falls ill, the hospitals are outstanding…” You can read more on this and other subjects here: https://goo.gl/xcEiXc MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE Watch more films on CAPITALISM in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLcapitalism SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to follow us at the links below: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon/ X: https://twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/ CREDITS Produced in collaboration with: Damn Fine Media Andrew Lees http://www.damnfinemedia.co.uk/ #TheSchoolOfLife Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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