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Deaths of despair and the future of capitalism / Anne Case, Angus Deaton.

by Case, Anne, 1958- author.

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Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021.

Premature death -- United States.

Public health -- United States.

Life expectancy -- United States.

Capitalism -- Social aspects -- United States.

United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.

9780691217079 (pbk.) :

xvi, 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

First paperback edition.

The calm before the storm -- Things come apart -- Deaths of despair -- The lives and deaths of the more (and less) educated -- Black and white deaths -- The condition of the living -- The misery and mystery of pain -- Suicide, drugs, and alcohol -- Opioids -- False trails : poverty, income, and the Great Recession -- Growing apart at work -- Widening gaps at home -- How American healthcare is undermining lives -- Capitalism, immigrants, robots, and China -- Firms, consumers, and workers -- What to do?

"Deaths of despair from suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholism are rising dramatically in the United States, claiming hundreds of thousands of American lives. Anne Case and Angus Deaton explain the overwhelming surge in these deaths and shed light on the social and economic forces that are making life harder for the working class. As the college educated become healthier and wealthier, adults without a degree are literally dying from pain and despair. Case and Deaton tie the crisis to the weakening position of labor, the growing power of corporations, and a rapacious health-care sector that redistributes working-class wages into the pockets of the wealthy. This critically important book paints a troubling portrait of the American dream in decline, and provides solutions that can rein in capitalism's excesses and make it work for everyone"--Publisher.

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