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'Quarantine envy' could finally wake people up to the deep inequalities that pervade American life

  • Written by Jessica Rosenfeld, Associate Professor of English Literature, Washington University in St Louis
imageEnvy is one of the seven deadly sins – the worst of them all, according to the 'Canterbury Tales.'Richard Donaghue/EyeEm via Getty Images

In recent months, mental health experts have been drawing attention to what they’ve dubbed “quarantine envy.”

Many people, they note, have been sizing up the extent to which they’ve...

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