Inequality Kills

The third Monday of the first month is known as Blue Monday, the allegedly most depressing day of the year. Why is this? The idea of Blue Monday was first coined in 2004 by psychologist Dr. Cliff Arnall. Arnall created an unscientific formula of factors that may contribute the feelings of depressions people may feel during this time of year:

[W + (D – d)] X TQ / M ox Na

= weather; D = debt; = monthly salary; = time since Christmas;
= time since failing our new year’s resolutions; = low motivational levels; Na = the feeling of a need to take action

Inequality Kills

Relevant to Blue Monday, is the fact that during the global pandemic, a recent study called ‘Inequality Kills’ by Oxfam Charity has revealed that the 10 richest people in the world doubled their income while millions have been pushed into poverty. In fact, since the pandemic erupted in March of 2020, a new billionaire has been minted every day

These new numbers from the UK’s Ox-Fam organization point to worsening inequality, and they are now calling for new policies to curb this kind of extreme wealth.