Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

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.

About the author

Anne Case and Angus Deaton
With a new preface by the authors

Summary

A New York Times BestsellerA Wall Street Journal BestsellerA New York Times Notable Book of 2020A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceShortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the YearA New Statesman Book to ReadFrom economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton, a groundbreaking account of how

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"Winner of the Silver Medal in Business Commentary, Axiom Business Book Awards"

Product details

• Authors: Anne Case, Anne Deaton Case, Angus Deaton, Deaton Angus
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9780691217079
• ISBN: 978-0-691-21707-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues, MEDICAL / Public Health, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, Health economics, Personal & public health, Welfare economics, Sociology: death and dying, Personal and public health / health education, Sociology: Death & Dying