Here's a relevant graph: http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii139/tolsdogg_photo...

jibiki on May 15, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better

Here's a relevant graph:

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii139/tolsdogg_photo/life...

The introduction of capitalism had a small but negative impact on life expectancy.

If you were to compare life expectancy in communist countries to life expectancy in capitalist countries, I imagine the capitalists would win, though.