Pandora's Box.

Abstract

BOX Mind the gap T economic crisis of 2010 brought global inequalities to the surface more clearly, and over the years the gap between the rich and the poor has been increasing. The COVID pandemic has highlighted the socioeconomic disparities between and within countries and the major adverse effects these have on health and well-being for communities and individuals. This has been highlighted further with the recent major increase in the cost of living. Research has shown that levels of prosperity are relevant to brain development, and poverty can have an impact on our children, with longer-term effects on their ability to manage their economic status in adulthood. Without appropriate state policies aimed at improving people’s economic status, adversity and its effects repeat from generation to generation.