There is a serious social problem which is gripping nations across the world. It kills two million people worldwide every year which is more than double the number of people killed by war, and more than the number of people killed by drugs and alcohol combined. The stress caused by this social ill in the long term is worse for your heart than gaining 40lbs or ageing 30 years. We are talking here about Work.
Worse still, we are working more than ever and many of us are doing it for free. Working hours have risen in the last 20 years for full time UK workers which reverses a 150 year trend and each year UK workers give