If you haven't got your health  

Marginal Revolution has posted a chart showing the relationship between per capita GDP and public health (measured by child survival rate at age 5). The United States underperforms here, just like it does under almost any public health measure besides the health of the rich. Matthew Yglesias is surprised to see Tajikistan doing so well relative to its GDP, but actually all the former Soviet states besides Russia are overperforming... a pretty unmistakable pattern.