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Why Your Health Is the Biggest Productivity Lever
This episode examines how physical health directly shapes economic productivity at the individual and national level. Lucas and Luna dig into a 2023 Rand Corporation study that quantified the productivity loss from chronic conditions like back pain, depression, and diabetes in the US workforce. They discuss the concept of presenteeism—showing up sick or in pain—and how it costs the economy hundreds of billions a year more than absenteeism. The hosts also explore why employers underinvest in preventive health benefits, comparing the cost of a gym membership subsidy to the return on reduced…
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