Whether The Root Of All Evil Or Not, Money Is The Root Of Much Anxiety

If people had a nickel for each sort of economic anxiety they suffer, they wouldn’t be so anxious. A survey conducted for Time gives a detailed look at the factors that keep Americans fretting.

The fear of losing one’s job is not as common as you might suppose. Six percent of employed respondents said they’re “very worried” about losing their jobs, with another 12 percent “somewhat worried.” People’s professed faith in their own job security is not reflected in their outlook on the labor market as a whole, though.